hős

See also: hos, HOS, hô, hös, hoš, hoş, and Hos.

Hungarian

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Uralic *kaća (“young unmarried man”). Originally meant "young", the sense of "main protagonist" developed during the Hungarian language reform taking place in the 18th-19th centuries. Cognates include Mansi хӯш (hūš, “servant, jack”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈhøːʃ]
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -øːʃ

Noun

hős (plural hősök)

  1. hero
  2. Synonym of főszereplő (“protagonist”)

Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Possessive forms of hős
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. hősöm hőseim
2nd person sing. hősöd hőseid
3rd person sing. hőse hősei
1st person plural hősünk hőseink
2nd person plural hősötök hőseitek
3rd person plural hősük hőseik

Derived terms
Compound words

Further reading
  • hős 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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