ablak

See also: Ablak

Hungarian

ablak

Etymology

Borrowed probably from Slovene oblok (“arc”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒblɒk]
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• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Hyphenation: ab‧lak

Noun

ablak (plural ablakok)

1. window (opening on a building or vehicle, usually covered by one or more panes of glass)
   • 2012, Mária Sz. Pőrdy, “Facsuka”, in Rigó árnyékágon‎^[1]:

     A pici ablakot sűrű függöny takarta, mögötte soha nem lehetett látni mozgást.

     Thick curtains covered the small window, there was never any movement behind them.

2. teller window, ticket window (windowed part of a counter where transactions are made in a bank, post office, etc.)
3. (graphical user interface) window (rectangular area on a computer screen displaying the output of a program)
   • 2010, Péter Gerő, György Seres, chapter 21, in Biztonságosan és magabiztosan‎^[2], volume III:

     A felugró ablakban navigáljon a megfelelő képfájlhoz, és kattintson duplán.

     Navigate to the desired image file in the dialog window and double-click it.

4. (figurative) window (period of time when something can be done due to favorable circumstances)
5. window (rectangular cutout on the front of an envelope allowing the recipient's address to show through)
6. (historical, informal) exit permit issued under the Soviet regime in the form of a passport stamp valid for one trip

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	ablak	ablakok
accusative	ablakot	ablakokat
dative	ablaknak	ablakoknak
instrumental	ablakkal	ablakokkal
causal-final	ablakért	ablakokért
translative	ablakká	ablakokká
terminative	ablakig	ablakokig
essive-formal	ablakként	ablakokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	ablakban	ablakokban
superessive	ablakon	ablakokon
adessive	ablaknál	ablakoknál
illative	ablakba	ablakokba
sublative	ablakra	ablakokra
allative	ablakhoz	ablakokhoz
elative	ablakból	ablakokból
delative	ablakról	ablakokról
ablative	ablaktól	ablakoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	ablaké	ablakoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	ablakéi	ablakokéi

Possessive forms of ablak
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	ablakom	ablakaim
2nd person sing.	ablakod	ablakaid
3rd person sing.	ablaka	ablakai
1st person plural	ablakunk	ablakaink
2nd person plural	ablakotok	ablakaitok
3rd person plural	ablakuk	ablakaik

Derived terms

• ablakcsa
• ablakocska
• ablakos
• ablakoz
• ablaktalan
• ablakú
• ablakzat

 

Compound words

• ablakbélés
• ablakdeszka
• ablakfiók
• ablakfülke
• ablakkeret
• ablakkosár
• ablakmélyedés
• ablaknyílás
• ablakpárkány
• ablakpárna
• ablakrács
• ablakredőny
• ablakrózsa
• ablakszárny
• ablakszem
• ablaktábla
• ablaktok
• ablaktörlő
• ablaküveg
• ablakvasalás
• ikerablak
• rózsaablak
• vakablak

 

Expressions

• kerek ablak
• ovális ablak

 

Further reading

• ablak in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“An Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN