kettes

Hungarian

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Alternative forms

Etymology

kettő (two) + -es (adjective-forming suffix)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkɛtːɛʃ]
  • Hyphenation: ket‧tes
  • Rhymes: -ɛʃ

Adjective

kettes (not comparable)

  1. number two
    a kettes számthe number two

Usage notes

The following nominal numerals (adjectives or nouns), coined from numerals (with the suffix -s/-os/-as/-es/-ös in Hungarian), refer to items designated with a specific number, such as No. 1, No. 2 etc. (as opposed to 1st, 2nd etc.). Question word: hányas? Examples:

Declension

Inflection of kettes
singular plural
nominative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) kettesek
accusative ketteset
kettest
ketteseket
dative kettesnek ketteseknek
instrumental kettessel kettesekkel
causal-final kettesért kettesekért
translative kettessé kettesekké
terminative kettesig kettesekig
essive-formal kettesként kettesekként
essive-modal
inessive kettesben kettesekben
superessive kettesen ketteseken
adessive kettesnél ketteseknél
illative kettesbe kettesekbe
sublative kettesre kettesekre
allative ketteshez kettesekhez
elative kettesből kettesekből
delative kettesről kettesekről
ablative kettestől kettesektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
kettesé ketteseké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
ketteséi kettesekéi

Noun

kettes (plural kettesek)

  1. two (the number two)
  2. (education) D, mark two (a grade awarded for a class, better than outright failure)
    Synonym: elégséges
    Kettest kapott történelemből.S/he got a D in history.

Declension

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Possessive forms of kettes
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. kettesem ketteseim
2nd person sing. kettesed ketteseid
3rd person sing. kettese kettesei
1st person plural kettesünk ketteseink
2nd person plural kettesetek ketteseitek
3rd person plural kettesük ketteseik

See also

Further reading

  • kettes 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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