boldog-boldogtalan
Hungarian
Etymology
boldog (“happy”) + boldogtalan (“unhappy”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈboldoɡ ˌboldoktɒlɒn]
- Hyphenation: bol‧dog-bol‧dog‧ta‧lan
- Rhymes: -ɒn
Noun
boldog-boldogtalan
- (sometimes slightly derogatory) anyone, Tom, Dick and Harry, all and sundry, the whole world, the whole world and his dog, all the world and his wife, all and sundry (everybody without distinction)
- Synonym: fű-fa
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | boldog-boldogtalan | — |
| accusative | boldog-boldogtalant | — |
| dative | boldog-boldogtalannak | — |
| instrumental | boldog-boldogtalannal | — |
| causal-final | boldog-boldogtalanért | — |
| translative | boldog-boldogtalanná | — |
| terminative | boldog-boldogtalanig | — |
| essive-formal | boldog-boldogtalanként | — |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | boldog-boldogtalanban | — |
| superessive | boldog-boldogtalanon | — |
| adessive | boldog-boldogtalannál | — |
| illative | boldog-boldogtalanba | — |
| sublative | boldog-boldogtalanra | — |
| allative | boldog-boldogtalanhoz | — |
| elative | boldog-boldogtalanból | — |
| delative | boldog-boldogtalanról | — |
| ablative | boldog-boldogtalantól | — |
| non-attributive possessive - singular | boldog-boldogtalané | — |
| non-attributive possessive - plural | boldog-boldogtalanéi | — |
or (chiefly in the case of the accusative) both words are declined separately but always connected with a hyphen: boldogot-boldogtalant.
Further reading
- boldog-boldogtalan in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- boldog-boldogtalan in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (’A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2023)