boltos
Hungarian
Etymology
bolt (“vault; shop”) + -os (adjective-forming suffix)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈboltoʃ]
- Hyphenation: bol‧tos
- Rhymes: -oʃ
Adjective
boltos (comparative boltosabb, superlative legboltosabb)
- (architecture, rare, archaic, literary) vaulted (having an arched structure)
- Synonyms: boltíves, boltozatos, bolthajtásos, ívelt
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | boltos | boltosak |
| accusative | boltosat | boltosakat |
| dative | boltosnak | boltosaknak |
| instrumental | boltossal | boltosakkal |
| causal-final | boltosért | boltosakért |
| translative | boltossá | boltosakká |
| terminative | boltosig | boltosakig |
| essive-formal | boltosként | boltosakként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | boltosban | boltosakban |
| superessive | boltoson | boltosakon |
| adessive | boltosnál | boltosaknál |
| illative | boltosba | boltosakba |
| sublative | boltosra | boltosakra |
| allative | boltoshoz | boltosakhoz |
| elative | boltosból | boltosakból |
| delative | boltosról | boltosakról |
| ablative | boltostól | boltosaktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular | boltosé | boltosaké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural | boltoséi | boltosakéi |
Noun
boltos (plural boltosok)
- shopkeeper, storekeeper, merchant, shopman (the proprietor, manager, or operator of a small store)
- Synonyms: kereskedő, kiskereskedő
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | boltos | boltosok |
| accusative | boltost | boltosokat |
| dative | boltosnak | boltosoknak |
| instrumental | boltossal | boltosokkal |
| causal-final | boltosért | boltosokért |
| translative | boltossá | boltosokká |
| terminative | boltosig | boltosokig |
| essive-formal | boltosként | boltosokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | boltosban | boltosokban |
| superessive | boltoson | boltosokon |
| adessive | boltosnál | boltosoknál |
| illative | boltosba | boltosokba |
| sublative | boltosra | boltosokra |
| allative | boltoshoz | boltosokhoz |
| elative | boltosból | boltosokból |
| delative | boltosról | boltosokról |
| ablative | boltostól | boltosoktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular | boltosé | boltosoké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural | boltoséi | boltosokéi |
| Possessive forms of boltos | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | boltosom | boltosaim |
| 2nd person sing. | boltosod | boltosaid |
| 3rd person sing. | boltosa | boltosai |
| 1st person plural | boltosunk | boltosaink |
| 2nd person plural | boltosotok | boltosaitok |
| 3rd person plural | boltosuk | boltosaik |
Further reading
- (vaulted): boltos 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
- (shopkeeper): boltos 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
- boltos 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)