Sablon:hu-noun/doc

This template is designed for use with all Hungarian nouns. It should be used immediately following the ===Noun=== header, and provides the inflection line, showing the singular and plural forms of the nominative noun.

{{{1}}} = plural suffix. If the noun has no plural form, this parameter should be set to “-”.

Regular nouns

For regular nouns, this template takes one parameter. The template calls the PAGENAME for the singular form and uses this as the base for the plural form.

Examples:

• asztalterítő (‘tablecloth'; adds -k to form plural)

  {{hu-noun|k}}

  • asztalterítő (plural asztalterítők)

• hónap (‘month’; adds -ok to form plural)

  {{hu-noun|ok}}

  • hónap (plural hónapok)

• nyelv (‘tongue, language'; adds -ek to form plural)

  {{hu-noun|ek}}

  • nyelv (plural nyelvek)

• tök (‘pumpkin, squash’; adds -ök to form plural)

  {{hu-noun|ök}}

  • tök (plural tökök)

In cases where there is a vowel shift in the suffix, the shifted suffix is simply used.

Examples:

• hal (‘fish’; adds -ak to form plural, even though -ok is expected)

  {{hu-noun|ak}}

  • hal (plural halak)

• szög (‘nail’; adds -ek to form plural, even though -ök is expected)

  {{hu-noun|ek}}

  • szög (plural szögek)

Irregular nouns

For irregular nouns, where the stem drops a vowel to form the plural, the plural form must be given in full using the pl= option.

Examples:

• álom (‘dream’; stem shortens to álm- by dropping the final vowel)

  {{hu-noun|pl=álmok}}

  • álom (plural álmok)

• ló (‘horse’; the vowel shortens to lo and vak is added)

  {{hu-noun|pl=lovak}}

  • ló (plural lovak)

Nouns lacking a plural form

For nouns without plural forms, use 1=-.

Example:

• angol (‘the English language’)

  {{hu-noun|-}}

  • angol (uncountable)

Nouns which are both countable and uncountable

Some nouns have no plural for one sense, but do have one for another sense. For these, use 1=- and use the second parameter to give the plural ending, or the pl= parameter if it is irregular.

Example:

• portugál (‘the Portuguese language’ or ‘a Portuguese person’)

  {{hu-noun|-|ok}}

  • portugál (countable and uncountable, plural portugálok)

Nouns with two plural forms

Some nouns have two plurals: with and without stem change. In these cases the second plural is provided by alt= and then the second plural (short for alternative). Such nouns are collected in Category:Hungarian nouns with multiple plural forms

Example:

• varjú (‘crow’)

  {{hu-noun|k|alt=varjak}}

  • varjú (plural varjúk or varjak)

and for the other order of appearance:

{{hu-noun|pl=varjak|alt=varjúk}}

• varjú (plural varjak or varjúk)