magas

See also: Magas, MAGAs, and Magás

Hungarian

Alternative forms

• magos (dialectal)

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from mag +‎ -as.^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɒɡɒʃ]

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• Hyphenation: ma‧gas
• Rhymes: -ɒʃ

Adjective

magas (comparative magasabb, superlative legmagasabb)

1. high, tall

   Antonym: alacsony

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	magas	magasak
accusative	magasat	magasakat
dative	magasnak	magasaknak
instrumental	magassal	magasakkal
causal-final	magasért	magasakért
translative	magassá	magasakká
terminative	magasig	magasakig
essive-formal	magasként	magasakként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	magasban	magasakban
superessive	magason	magasakon
adessive	magasnál	magasaknál
illative	magasba	magasakba
sublative	magasra	magasakra
allative	magashoz	magasakhoz
elative	magasból	magasakból
delative	magasról	magasakról
ablative	magastól	magasaktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	magasé	magasaké
non-attributive possessive - plural	magaséi	magasakéi

Derived terms

• magaslat
• magaslik
• magasodik
• magasság

 

Compound words

• magasröptű
• magasugrás

 

Expressions

• magas sarkú

 

Noun

magas (uncountable)

1. (in phrases) a place high above, a place aloft, air, sky (the part of space at a great distance from the surface of the earth)
2. (rare, poetic) peak (the top or upper part e.g. of a mountain)

Declension

As a noun, it is used only with certain suffixes: magasba, magasban, magasból, magasra, magasról and in sports magasat (… ugrik (“to do the high jump”)). Its possessive form magasa is rare; used only in the second sense (referring to the top or upper part of a mountain).

References

1. magas in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

• magas in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Latin

Adjective

magās

1. accusative feminine plural of magus

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ɡɐs/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ɡɐs/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ɡɐʃ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ɡas/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ɡɐʃ/ [ˈma.ɣɐʃ]

Adjective

magas

1. feminine plural of mago

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɡas/ [ˈma.ɣ̞as]
• Rhymes: -aɡas
• Syllabification: ma‧gas

Adjective

magas

1. feminine plural of mago

Noun

magas f pl

1. plural of maga