-telen

See also: telen, télen, telén, and tèlën

Hungarian

Etymology

See -talan.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [tɛlɛn]
  • Hyphenation: te‧len
  • Rhymes: -ɛn

Suffix

-telen (comparative -telenebb, superlative leg- -telenebb)

  1. (adjective-forming suffix) -less, un-, dis- (a privative suffix added to a noun or an adjective to form adjectives with a meaning of lacking something)
    ‎szín (“color”) + ‎-telen → ‎színtelen (“colorless”)
    ‎vég (“end”) + ‎-telen → ‎végtelen (“unlimited”)
    ‎jellem (“character”) + ‎-telen → ‎jellemtelen (“dishonest”)

Usage notes
  • (adjective-forming suffix) Variants:
    -talan is added to back-vowel nouns (occasionally adjectives)
    -telen is added to front-vowel nouns (occasionally adjectives)
    -tlan is added to back-vowel nouns (occasionally adjectives) ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-.
    -tlen is added to front-vowel nouns (occasionally adjectives) ending in a vowel. Final -e changes to -é-.
    -atlan is added to back-vowel verbs and nouns (occasionally adjectives)
    -etlen is added to front-vowel verbs and nouns (occasionally adjectives)
  • Using two different suffix variants with the same stem may result in different meanings:
    gond (“care”) → gondtalan (“carefree”)
    gond (“care”) → gondatlan (“careless”)

Declension

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Derived terms
Hungarian adjectives suffixed with -telen

See also
  • Appendix:Hungarian suffixes
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