kolostor

Hungarian

Etymology

Shortening of dialectal kalastorom (monastery), ultimately from Medieval Latin claustrum, the intermediate form *kalastor was influenced by monostor (monastery). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries. Cognate with English cloister.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkoloʃtor]
  • Hyphenation: ko‧los‧tor
  • Rhymes: -or

Noun

kolostor (plural kolostorok)

  1. monastery
    Synonyms: klastrom, monostor, rendház

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative kolostor kolostorok
accusative kolostort kolostorokat
dative kolostornak kolostoroknak
instrumental kolostorral kolostorokkal
causal-final kolostorért kolostorokért
translative kolostorrá kolostorokká
terminative kolostorig kolostorokig
essive-formal kolostorként kolostorokként
essive-modal
inessive kolostorban kolostorokban
superessive kolostoron kolostorokon
adessive kolostornál kolostoroknál
illative kolostorba kolostorokba
sublative kolostorra kolostorokra
allative kolostorhoz kolostorokhoz
elative kolostorból kolostorokból
delative kolostorról kolostorokról
ablative kolostortól kolostoroktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
kolostoré kolostoroké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
kolostoréi kolostorokéi
Possessive forms of kolostor
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. kolostorom kolostoraim
2nd person sing. kolostorod kolostoraid
3rd person sing. kolostora kolostorai
1st person plural kolostorunk kolostoraink
2nd person plural kolostorotok kolostoraitok
3rd person plural kolostoruk kolostoraik

Further reading

  • kolostor 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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