Wiktionary:About Hungarian


 * See also Category:Hungarian language

(based on Entry layout explained)

Note 1: This guide is intended to provide guidelines both for creating Hungarian entries on English Wiktionary as well as for adding Hungarian translations to English words. The main guidelines for creating any entry on English Wiktionary is set forth in Entry layout explained; this page is an addition to that page, not a replacement.

Note 2: If a change occurs in the basic Wiktionary template (currently at Entry layout explained that affects Hungarian entries, then that change should be reflected here.

Creating Hungarian entries
Each Hungarian entry should be created under its standard spelling, including accents. For example, the words and  will have separate pages, since there is a difference in the accents.

Hungarian categories

 * Every entry must be in at least one Hungarian category.
 * The category structure is the same for all languages.
 * Grammatical and lexical categories begin with "Hungarian ", for example, Category:Hungarian nouns, Category:Hungarian terms derived from other languages, and Category:Hungarian phrasebook.
 * Topical categories begin with "hu:", such as Category:hu:Colors and Category:hu:Sciences. The only exception to the pattern is numbers.
 * Topical categories should match the English-name categories, prefixed with hu:.
 * Category:hu:All topics is the top of a hierarchical category structure, so that one can start at one location and navigate to the topics.
 * The topical categories are not listed in Category:Hungarian language, only Category:hu:All topics.
 * Refer to Categorization for more information.

Formatting Hungarian entries
 Lemma:  ház        Non-lemma: házakat Wiktionary will contain all words in the Hungarian language. Since Hungarian is an inflected language, this will eventually include all the inflected forms. The term lemma is used to refer to that primary or main form of the word, which is usually listed as a headword in bilingual dictionaries. The entry for the lemma form (eg ház) will give the main English meaning of the word. Other forms, i.e. non-lemma entries (eg házakat), will refer back to the lemma form. For information about choosing the correct form as lemma for each part of speech, see the various sections on parts of speech headers below.

Each entry must contain at least two headers ==Hungarian== and a POS, where "POS" is shorthand for "Part of speech header". The entry below shows this portion of the text for a noun, further details will follow below, but first the pre-POS headers will be considered: (used to produce a horizontal line when not the first language.) ==Hungarian== ===Noun===    (the POS header)

When a single page contains both Hungarian and non-Hungarian entries (such as the page for bog), the languages are listed in alphabetical order, but with English coming before other languages. Each language is separated from the preceding language by a horizontal line produced by typing four dashes, as shown above.

Preferred sequence of sections
Each Hungarian entry should eventually include several sections, though not every entry will have all possible sections. Each section has a standard, invariant header and the sections occur in a standard sequence for all languages (See WT:ELE and this vote).

The following is the preferred sequence for standard sections, but please note that the Noun header is only one possible part of speech that may appear as the header. If the entry being created is for a Hungarian verb, then "Verb" should appear in place of the word "Noun" in the example below.

==Hungarian== ===Alternative forms=== ===Etymology=== ===Pronunciation=== ===Noun===      (the POS header) ====Usage notes==== ====Inflection==== ====Quotations==== ====Synonyms==== ====Antonyms==== ====Derived terms==== ====Related terms====

This sequence is standard across all languages, although some entries may modify this structure when there is more than one word in a language with the same spelling. In these cases, there will be more than one Etymology section and/or more than one Pronunciation section.

Pre-POS headers
Details will be given for each of the three common pre-POS headers and the "See also" header.

==Hungarian== ===Alternative forms=== ===Etymology=== ===Pronunciation=== ===Noun===    (the POS header)

Also
 Example: gáz This is not a header, and is not placed under any header. It uses the template, providing a navigational aid in the form of links to words in any language with a very similar spelling.

The template is used only when additional pages exist with the same basic sequence of letters or characters, but with differences in capitalization, accents, other diacritical marks, hyphenation, etc. When it is used, the Also template should appear at the very top of the page, before all languages on that page. There, it will be easily seen by a user who has mistyped or is uncertain of the capitalisation, hyphenation, or accents in a word. For example, on the page for, the template displays as:


 * See also Pan, PAN, pan- ' Pan-'''

This template should never appear within a language section; it is placed at the head of the page. As a result, only one such tempate should be used per page. Additional documentation may be found at Template talk:also.

Alternative forms
When there are other possible spellings/variants, list them here.

Etymology
When it is known that a Hungarian word is derived from another Hungarian word, or a word in another language, that information should be included in the Etymology section. The following templates can be used in this section:
 * , for example in vizsga:


 * , for example in záróvizsga


 * , for example in hajnalodik


 * , for example in megígér

For participles, please see the Participles section on the page.

Slavic borrowings
Hungarian contains a number of archaic Slavic borrowings. Due to the scarcity of written evidence as well as the significant time distance that we're dealing with, it is impossible to pinpoint the exact origin. At best, it can be said that the Slavic word exhibits some features characteristic of South Slavic or West Slavic languages/dialects. The preferred way of formatting etymologies of such words is as follows (adopted from the etymology of ):

Etymology
From a language; compare 🇨🇬. In other words, no exact Slavic language is mentioned as the etymon (since individual Slavic languages were not yet "invented" in the period that these borrowings occurred), and a link is provided to the Late Proto-Slavic (Common Slavic) reconstruction so that the interested reader can look up cognates in other (South and West) Slavic languages that the word is likely to originate from.

Inherited vocabulary
A portion of Hungarian vocabulary is known to be inherited from Proto-Uralic (also: Proto-Finno-Ugric, and Proto-Ugric, its later, more specialized derivations). Such words will necessarily have cognates in other Uralic languages. It is left to editor's discretion how many cognates to include. However, if a Finnish or Estonian cognate exists, at least these should be mentioned.

A reconstructed proto-form of the words may also be known, and if so, it should be mentioned. See About Proto-Uralic for considerations on how to transcribe and refer to reconstructed Uralic entries.

Pronunciation
The pronunciation section may contain the IPA template, the hyphenation template and the audio template.
 * Use the template for pronunciation. See its documentation page for more details.
 * The hyphenation indicates how a word is separated in printed text, not the spoken breaks (syllabification). These two kinds of breaks often do not occur in the same place for the written and spoken forms of a word. Use the template and vertical bars according to the rules described in Appendix:Hungarian hyphenation.
 * If there is an audio file uploaded to Commons, it can be added to the entry using the audio template. The file name must be Hu-xxx.ogg where xxx is the exact entry name.

Adjectives
Hungarian adjectives are genderless (just like nouns).

Lemma form
The lemma form of Hungarian adjectives is the nominative case and singular number. Entries for the lemma, for example magas, should contain English translations of the word plus any relevant headers, such as Etymology, from the list above.

==Hungarian==            language header

===Adjective===          POS header inflection line


 * 1) high                English definition
 * 2) tall

The inflection line is the line immediately following the parts of speech header. For the lemma this will usually have the extended form shown below for the example word magas.

magas (comparative magasabb, superlative legmagasabb, exaggerated legeslegmagasabb

Standard inflection lines are listed below with a brief explanation. For more information about this template, read the Template talk:hu-adj page. for non-comparable adjectives for comparable adjectives for comparable adjectives for comparable adjectives for comparable adjectives with irregular comparative for comparable adjectives with irregular comparative and superlative

Comparative form

 * Add comparative forms using the following model for magasabb:

Superlative form

 * Add superlative forms using the following model for legmagasabb:

Exaggerated form

 * Add exaggerated forms using the following model for legeslegmagasabb:

Nouns

 * Use if you are not sure what the correct plural is. The word will automatically be added to Category:Hungarian nouns.

Noun

 * 1) English definition

hajó – hajók bolt – boltok kép – képek tőr – tőrök ház – házak
 * Use if the noun has a plural that can be added to the stem:

álom – álmok
 * Use with pl=full plural argument if the stem is modified in plural:


 * The following inflection line format may still be found in old entries and should be replaced with any of the above standards:

Noun
bolt


 * 1) shop

Plural forms
Create the plural form of nouns in the following format. Example:

asztalok

Noun


The template will place the noun into Category:Hungarian noun forms.

Noun forms
See for example tavat, the singular accusative form of tó:
 * Use in the inflection line.
 * Use in the definition line. This will put the noun form into the appropriate category.
 * No need to add wikilinks to this entry.

Proper nouns

 * Proper nouns are capitalized.
 * Use the following format. The template will include the word in Category:Hungarian proper nouns.

Proper noun

 * 1) English translation
 * If the entry is a male given name, use Szilárd as a model. The two templates will put the entry in two categories: Category:Hungarian proper nouns and Category:Hungarian male given names:

Proper noun

 * 1) . Cognate to.


 * If the entry is a female given name, use Ibolya as a model. The two templates will put the entry in two categories: Category:Hungarian proper nouns and Category:Hungarian female given names:

Proper noun

 * 1) . Cognate to.

Declension
Use two templates under the Declension header. Template usage is described on the templates' talk page: For example, asztal (table):
 * for case endings
 * for possessive endings

Cardinal numbers

 * Use the model below for három to enter cardinal numbers.
 * The will create a navigation box with the previous and next (cardinal) numbers.
 * The template will automatically put the entry into Category:Hungarian numerals.
 * The template will automatically put the entry into Category:Hungarian cardinal numbers.

Numeral

 * 1)  three

Below is the list of cardinal numbers from 1 to 100, with 0 = nulla.


 * 1. egy
 * 2. kettő
 * 3. három
 * 4. négy
 * 5. öt
 * 6. hat
 * 7. hét
 * 8. nyolc
 * 9. kilenc
 * 10. tíz
 * 11. tizenegy
 * 12. tizenkettő
 * 13. tizenhárom
 * 14. tizennégy
 * 15. tizenöt
 * 16. tizenhat
 * 17. tizenhét
 * 18. tizennyolc
 * 19. tizenkilenc
 * 20. húsz
 * 21. huszonegy
 * 22. huszonkettő
 * 23. huszonhárom
 * 24. huszonnégy
 * 25. huszonöt
 * 26. huszonhat
 * 27. huszonhét
 * 28. huszonnyolc
 * 29. huszonkilenc
 * 30. harminc
 * 31. harmincegy
 * 32. harminckettő
 * 33. harminchárom
 * 34. harmincnégy
 * 35. harmincöt
 * 36. harminchat
 * 37. harminchét
 * 38. harmincnyolc
 * 39. harminckilenc
 * 40. negyven
 * 41. negyvenegy
 * 42. negyvenkettő
 * 43. negyvenhárom
 * 44. negyvennégy
 * 45. negyvenöt
 * 46. negyvenhat
 * 47. negyvenhét
 * 48. negyvennyolc
 * 49. negyvenkilenc
 * 50. ötven
 * 51. ötvenegy
 * 52. ötvenkettő
 * 53. ötvenhárom
 * 54. ötvennégy
 * 55. ötvenöt
 * 56. ötvenhat
 * 57. ötvenhét
 * 58. ötvennyolc
 * 59. ötvenkilenc
 * 60. hatvan
 * 61. hatvanegy
 * 62. hatvankettő
 * 63. hatvanhárom
 * 64. hatvannégy
 * 65. hatvanöt
 * 66. hatvanhat
 * 67. hatvanhét
 * 68. hatvannyolc
 * 69. hatvankilenc
 * 70. hetven
 * 71. hetvenegy
 * 72. hetvenkettő
 * 73. hetvenhárom
 * 74. hetvennégy
 * 75. hetvenöt
 * 76. hetvenhat
 * 77. hetvenhét
 * 78. hetvennyolc
 * 79. hetvenkilenc
 * 80. nyolcvan
 * 81. nyolcvanegy
 * 82. nyolcvankettő
 * 83. nyolcvanhárom
 * 84. nyolcvannégy
 * 85. nyolcvanöt
 * 86. nyolcvanhat
 * 87. nyolcvanhét
 * 88. nyolcvannyolc
 * 89. nyolcvankilenc
 * 90. kilencven
 * 91. kilencvenegy
 * 92. kilencvenkettő
 * 93. kilencvenhárom
 * 94. kilencvennégy
 * 95. kilencvenöt
 * 96. kilencvenhat
 * 97. kilencvenhét
 * 98. kilencvennyolc
 * 99. kilencvenkilenc
 * 100. száz

Ordinal numbers

 * Use the model below for harmadik to enter ordinal numbers.
 * The template will create a navigation box with the previous and next (ordinal) numbers.
 * The template will automatically put the entry into Category:Hungarian numerals.
 * The template will automatically put the entry into Category:Hungarian ordinal numbers.

Numeral

 * 1)  third

Below is the list of ordinal numbers from 1st to 100th, with 0th = nulladik.


 * 1. első
 * 2. második
 * 3. harmadik
 * 4. negyedik
 * 5. ötödik
 * 6. hatodik
 * 7. hetedik
 * 8. nyolcadik
 * 9. kilencedik
 * 10. tizedik
 * 11. tizenegyedik
 * 12. tizenkettedik
 * 13. tizenharmadik
 * 14. tizennegyedik
 * 15. tizenötödik
 * 16. tizenhatodik
 * 17. tizenhetedik
 * 18. tizennyolcadik
 * 19. tizenkilencedik
 * 20. huszadik
 * 21. huszonegyedik
 * 22. huszonkettedik
 * 23. huszonharmadik
 * 24. huszonnegyedik
 * 25. huszonötödik
 * 26. huszonhatodik
 * 27. huszonhetedik
 * 28. huszonnyolcadik
 * 29. huszonkilencedik
 * 30. harmincadik
 * 31. harmincegyedik
 * 32. harminckettedik
 * 33. harmincharmadik
 * 34. harmincnegyedik
 * 35. harmincötödik
 * 36. harminchatodik
 * 37. harminchetedik
 * 38. harmincnyolcadik
 * 39. harminckilencedik
 * 40. negyvenedik
 * 41. negyvenegyedik
 * 42. negyvenkettedik
 * 43. negyvenharmadik
 * 44. negyvennegyedik
 * 45. negyvenötödik
 * 46. negyvenhatodik
 * 47. negyvenhetedik
 * 48. negyvennyolcadik
 * 49. negyvenkilencedik
 * 50. ötvenedik
 * 51. ötvenegyedik
 * 52. ötvenkettedik
 * 53. ötvenharmadik
 * 54. ötvennegyedik
 * 55. ötvenötödik
 * 56. ötvenhatodik
 * 57. ötvenhetedik
 * 58. ötvennyolcadik
 * 59. ötvenkilencedik
 * 60. hatvanadik
 * 61. hatvanegyedik
 * 62. hatvankettedik
 * 63. hatvanharmadik
 * 64. hatvannegyedik
 * 65. hatvanötödik
 * 66. hatvanhatodik
 * 67. hatvanhetedik
 * 68. hatvannyolcadik
 * 69. hatvankilencedik
 * 70. hetvenedik
 * 71. hetvenegyedik
 * 72. hetvenkettedik
 * 73. hetvenharmadik
 * 74. hetvennegyedik
 * 75. hetvenötödik
 * 76. hetvenhatodik
 * 77. hetvenhetedik
 * 78. hetvennyolcadik
 * 79. hetvenkilencedik
 * 80. nyolcvanadik
 * 81. nyolcvanegyedik
 * 82. nyolcvankettedik
 * 83. nyolcvanharmadik
 * 84. nyolcvannegyedik
 * 85. nyolcvanötödik
 * 86. nyolcvanhatodik
 * 87. nyolcvanhetedik
 * 88. nyolcvannyolcadik
 * 89. nyolcvankilencedik
 * 90. kilencvenedik
 * 91. kilencvenegyedik
 * 92. kilencvenkettedik
 * 93. kilencvenharmadik
 * 94. kilencvennegyedik
 * 95. kilencvenötödik
 * 96. kilencvenhatodik
 * 97. kilencvenhetedik
 * 98. kilencvennyolcadik
 * 99. kilencvenkilencedik
 * 100. századik

Pronouns

 * Use the template to enter pronouns.
 * Use the template to enter pronoun forms. See  for usage.

Lemma

 * Enter the lemma in third-person singular, e.g. nevet instead of the infinitive nevetni.
 * Add at least the minimal information shown below.
 * Use only the standard headers from the list above in the given order.
 * For the inflection line, use hu-verb as follows. The verb will automatically be added to Category:Hungarian verbs.

Conjugation
Add the conjugation template under the ====Conjugation==== header. For documentation, see Template:hu-conj/doc. If none of the current conjugation templates can be used for a particular verb, do not add a conjugation section.

Infinitive

 * Use the following model of olvasni to enter infinitives.
 * The template will put the word in Category:Hungarian infinitives.

Infinitive forms

 * For infinitive forms, use the template. It will put the word in Category:Hungarian infinitive forms. See the example below for :

Participles

 * Use the template in the definition line of present, past, future, adverbial and verbal participles.
 * Participles should go under the ===Participle=== heading.
 * The template will place the entry into the correct category based on the parameters.

Present participle:

Past participle:

Future participle:

Adverbial participle:

Verbal participle:

Verb forms

 * Use two templates as shown below. See template usage at and.

Abbreviations

 * Use the template to enter abbreviations. See jan. for an example.

Hungarian in non-Hungarian entries
Besides Hungarian entries, Hungarian words may appear in two places within entries for words in other languages: (1) the Translations section of English entries, and (2) the Etymology section of non-Hungarian words derived from Hungarian or cognate to a Hungarian word.

Hungarian translations for English words
Hungarian words will appear in the Translations sections of English words. In general, only the lemma form of the Hungarian translation should be given, as described for each part of speech listed above.

An abbreviated table from the entry for example is shown below: (Click [Show] to expand the translation table.)


 * Greek: παράδειγμα
 * Hungarian: példa
 * Latin: exemplar
 * Slovene: primer

The template should be used: it speeds up loading the entry and will enable any later, global changes in format to be made.

The syntax below will give the output in grey that follows: * Hungarian: példa

The template is explained at Template_talk:t; it has the following arguments:
 * 1) hu – the ISO code for Hungarian
 * 2) példa – the word

The superscript (hu)  provides a link to Wikiszótár, specifically to the relevant word should it exist there. The text példa links to the entry for the Hungarian word in the English Wiktionary.

Two variants of the template exist,  and. The + or - in the name indicates whether Wikiszótár has a corresponding entry with this name. It is not necessary to check this. A bot automatically checks the entries, so if you are not sure, you may simply use undefined and the bot will adjust the template as necessary.

Etymology of non-Hungarian words
Some words in English and other languages derive from Hungarian. Such words will appear in the Descendants section of the Hungarian entry (as described above), but the Etymology section of each of those words will also link back to the Hungarian word from which it descends.

An example from the Romanian entry for is shown below. The syntax on the following line will give the output in grey that follows: From

The templates, , are used to explain foreign etymologies. On the separation of these templates Etymology is referred.

An optional argument providing the English translation of the Hungarian word may also be included, as in the example from the Serbo-Croatian entry for shown below. The syntax on the following line will give the output in grey that follows: From

The English translation is included in the position of the third argument, however this argument is not necessary for the template to function. The second argument position is blank, and is never used for Hungarian derivations. But even though it is a blank, it must be present whenever the English translation is included.

Words related to Hungarian may also appear in the other Uralic languages. For example, on the Finnish entry for : Cognates include (…) 🇨🇬.

Other Hungarian aids
In Wiktionary In Wikipedia External Links
 * Category:Hungarian language
 * Category:Hungarian templates
 * Category:Requests for review of Hungarian translations
 * Wiktionary:Requested entries:Hungarian
 * Appendix:Alphabets
 * Inflection and conjugation
 * Hyphenation (scroll down about four pages)
 * SZTAKI Dictionary (English-Hungarian, Hungarian-English)
 * Hungarian Catholic Lexicon in Hungarian
 * Kulturális enciklopédia in Hungarian
 * Paczolay Gyula: 750 Hungarian proverbs in Hungarian and English
 * Historical Dictionary Corpus
 * Hungarian Fish Dictionary in Hungarian
 * Lexicon in Hungarian
 * Magyar Néprajzi Lexikon
 * Hungarian Reference in English