[ˈhosː]
EredetBack-formation from hossza (“its length”), the 3rd-person possessive form of hosszú (“long”, [obsolete] “length”); for its word-final vowel alternation ú ~ a, compare borjú → borja and others. Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries, from phrases like egyhosszában (“in a row”, rare; synonym of egyvégtében), se vége, se hossza (“[there is/was] no end to…”).
- length (the distance measured along the longest dimension of an object; total extent)
- length, duration
- length (the length of a swimming pool as a measure of distance swum)
- length (the length of a horse, used to indicate the distance between horses at the end of a race)
- obsoleteline
- (fast) rise, boom, advance
Alakokhosszak(plural) · hossz(nominative, singular) · hosszak(nominative, plural) · hosszat(accusative, singular) · hosszakat(accusative, plural) · hossznak(dative, singular) · hosszaknak(dative, plural) · hosszal(instrumental, singular) · hosszakkal(instrumental, plural) · hosszért(causal-final, singular) · hosszakért(causal-final, plural) · hosszá(singular, translative) · hosszakká(plural, translative) · hosszig(singular, terminative) · hosszakig(plural, terminative) · hosszként(essive-formal, singular) · hosszakként(essive-formal, plural) · -(essive-modal, singular) · -(essive-modal, plural) · hosszban(inessive, singular)