bozontos

Hungarian

Etymology

From bozótos (“overgrown with shrubs and underbrush”), from bozót (“thicket”) +‎ -os (adjective-forming suffix). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈbozontoʃ]
  • Hyphenation: bo‧zon‧tos
  • Rhymes: -oʃ

Adjective

bozontos (comparative bozontosabb, superlative legbozontosabb)

  1. shaggy, uncombed, bushy (hair, beard, eyebrow, fur)
    Synonym: kócos
    Az öreg tengerésznek sűrű, bozontos szakálla volt. ― The old sailor had a thick, bushy beard.
    A kutyám egy nagy, bozontos újfundlandi. ― My dog is a big, shaggy Newfoundland.

Declension
Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative bozontos bozontosak
accusative bozontosat bozontosakat
dative bozontosnak bozontosaknak
instrumental bozontossal bozontosakkal
causal-final bozontosért bozontosakért
translative bozontossá bozontosakká
terminative bozontosig bozontosakig
essive-formal bozontosként bozontosakként
essive-modal — —
inessive bozontosban bozontosakban
superessive bozontoson bozontosakon
adessive bozontosnál bozontosaknál
illative bozontosba bozontosakba
sublative bozontosra bozontosakra
allative bozontoshoz bozontosakhoz
elative bozontosból bozontosakból
delative bozontosról bozontosakról
ablative bozontostól bozontosaktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular		 bozontosé bozontosaké
non-attributive
possessive - plural		 bozontoséi bozontosakéi

Derived terms
  • bozont (back-formation)

References
  1. bozontos 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
  • bozontos 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
  • bozontos in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)
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