-vá
See also: Appendix:Variations of "va"
Hungarian
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edit-vá/-vé (translative case suffix)
- into (expresses a change in state with the general sense of "becoming X" or "change to X")
Usage notes
edit- (translative case suffix) Variants:
- -vá is added to back-vowel words. Final -a changes to -á-.
- kutya (“dog”) → A varázsgyűrű kutyává változtatja az embert. ― The enchanted ring transforms people into dogs.
- -vé is added to front-vowel words. Final -e changes to -é-.
- medve (“bear”) → Héra medvévé változtatta Kallisztót. ― Hera transformed Callisto into a bear.
- -vá is added to back-vowel words. Final -a changes to -á-.
- When it is added to a word ending in a consonant, the v assimilates with the final consonant, and the final consonant becomes long:
Hungarian case suffixes
Case | Back vowel a, á, o, ó, u, ú |
Front vowel | |
---|---|---|---|
unrounded e, é, i, í |
rounded ö, ő, ü, ű | ||
nominative | — | ||
accusative | -t | ||
-ot / -at | -et | -öt | |
dative | -nak | -nek | |
instrumental | -val | -vel | |
causal-final | -ért | ||
translative | -vá | -vé | |
terminative | -ig | ||
essive-formal | -ként | ||
essive-modal | -ul | -ül | |
inessive | -ban | -ben | |
superessive | -n | ||
-on | -en | -ön | |
adessive | -nál | -nél | |
illative | -ba | -be | |
sublative | -ra | -re | |
allative | -hoz | -hez | -höz |
elative | -ból | -ből | |
delative | -ról | -ről | |
ablative | -tól | -től | |
Note for all endings: Stem-final -a/-e changes to -á-/-é-, respectively, except -ként. alma — almában, but almaként zene ― zenében, but zeneként |