imádni való
Hungarian
Etymology
imádni (“to adore”) + való (“fitting, suitable”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈimaːdnivɒloː]
- Hyphenation: imád‧ni va‧ló
Adjective
imádni való (comparative imádni valóbb, superlative legimádnivalóbb)[1]
- adorable (befitting of being adored)
Usage notes
According to Section 95 of The Rules of Hungarian Orthography,[2] it is written as two words when its adjectival part of speech is retained. It can only be written as one word in the (unlikely) case when it becomes a noun.
Declension
- See at való. The infinitive imádni remains unchanged.
References
- Section 128 in A magyar helyesírás szabályai, 12. kiadás (’The Rules of Hungarian Orthography, 12th edition’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2015. →ISBN
- Section 95 in A magyar helyesírás szabályai, 12. kiadás (’The Rules of Hungarian Orthography, 12th edition’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2015. →ISBN, see also the explanation at the automated spelling advisory service of the Research Institute for Linguistics on writing phrases as one word or as separate words after entering imádni való