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See also: Magas, MAGAs, and Magás

Hungarian

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɒɡɒʃ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ma‧gas
  • Rhymes: -ɒʃ

Adjective

magas (comparative magasabb, superlative legmagasabb)

  1. high, tall
    Antonym: alacsony

Declension

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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
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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. [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

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