várás

See also: varas, Varas, varaš, varás, varās, and våras

Hungarian

Etymology

vár (to wait) + -ás (noun-forming suffix)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvaːraːʃ]
  • Hyphenation: vá‧rás
  • Rhymes: -aːʃ

Noun

várás (uncountable)

  1. (chiefly in compounds or with a possessive suffix) verbal noun of vár: (the act of) waiting (for someone or something)

Usage notes

It is rarely used on its own; the verbal noun várakozás is preferred instead (from the synonymous verb várakozik).

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative várás
accusative várást
dative várásnak
instrumental várással
causal-final várásért
translative várássá
terminative várásig
essive-formal várásként
essive-modal
inessive várásban
superessive váráson
adessive várásnál
illative várásba
sublative várásra
allative váráshoz
elative várásból
delative várásról
ablative várástól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
várásé
non-attributive
possessive - plural
váráséi
Possessive forms of várás
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. várásom
2nd person sing. várásod
3rd person sing. várása
1st person plural várásunk
2nd person plural várásotok
3rd person plural várásuk

Derived terms

Compound words
  • csodavárás
  • gyermekvárás
  • messiásvárás
  • tavaszvárás
  • világvégevárás

Further reading

  • várás 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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