gondolatmenet
Hungarian
Etymology
gondolat (“thought”) + menet (“procession, course, motion”). Compare German Gedankengang.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɡondolɒtmɛnɛt]
- Hyphenation: gon‧do‧lat‧me‧net
Noun
gondolatmenet (plural gondolatmenetek)
- train of thought, line of thought (interconnected sequence of ideas produced while thinking)
- summary, outline, synopsis, précis (the main points of something, such as a speech or a piece of writing)
- Synonyms: kivonat, vázlat
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | gondolatmenet | gondolatmenetek |
| accusative | gondolatmenetet | gondolatmeneteket |
| dative | gondolatmenetnek | gondolatmeneteknek |
| instrumental | gondolatmenettel | gondolatmenetekkel |
| causal-final | gondolatmenetért | gondolatmenetekért |
| translative | gondolatmenetté | gondolatmenetekké |
| terminative | gondolatmenetig | gondolatmenetekig |
| essive-formal | gondolatmenetként | gondolatmenetekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | gondolatmenetben | gondolatmenetekben |
| superessive | gondolatmeneten | gondolatmeneteken |
| adessive | gondolatmenetnél | gondolatmeneteknél |
| illative | gondolatmenetbe | gondolatmenetekbe |
| sublative | gondolatmenetre | gondolatmenetekre |
| allative | gondolatmenethez | gondolatmenetekhez |
| elative | gondolatmenetből | gondolatmenetekből |
| delative | gondolatmenetről | gondolatmenetekről |
| ablative | gondolatmenettől | gondolatmenetektől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular | gondolatmeneté | gondolatmeneteké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural | gondolatmenetéi | gondolatmenetekéi |
| Possessive forms of gondolatmenet | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | gondolatmenetem | gondolatmeneteim |
| 2nd person sing. | gondolatmeneted | gondolatmeneteid |
| 3rd person sing. | gondolatmenete | gondolatmenetei |
| 1st person plural | gondolatmenetünk | gondolatmeneteink |
| 2nd person plural | gondolatmenetetek | gondolatmeneteitek |
| 3rd person plural | gondolatmenetük | gondolatmeneteik |
Derived terms
- gondolatmenetű
Further reading
- gondolatmenet in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962.