Antal

See also: antal and antał

German

Alternative forms

• Antel, Anthal, Anthel, Anteil, Antheil

Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian ántalag.

Noun

Antal n or m (strong, genitive Antals or Antales, plural Antale)

1. (obsolete, i.e. pre-metric) a liquid measure employed by Upper Hungarian tokay merchants which should contain by law about 74 litres, but which sometimes was as low as 50.5 litres

Declension

Declension of Antal [neuter // masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das, der	Antal	die	Antale
genitive	eines	des	Antals, Antales	der	Antale
dative	einem	dem	Antal, Antale1	den	Antalen
accusative	ein, einen	das, den	Antal	die	Antale

¹Now rare, see notes.

Hungarian

 Antal on Hungarian Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒntɒl]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: An‧tal
• Rhymes: -ɒl

Proper noun

Antal

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Anthony
2. a surname

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	Antal	Antalok
accusative	Antalt	Antalokat
dative	Antalnak	Antaloknak
instrumental	Antallal	Antalokkal
causal-final	Antalért	Antalokért
translative	Antallá	Antalokká
terminative	Antalig	Antalokig
essive-formal	Antalként	Antalokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Antalban	Antalokban
superessive	Antalon	Antalokon
adessive	Antalnál	Antaloknál
illative	Antalba	Antalokba
sublative	Antalra	Antalokra
allative	Antalhoz	Antalokhoz
elative	Antalból	Antalokból
delative	Antalról	Antalokról
ablative	Antaltól	Antaloktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	Antalé	Antaloké
non-attributive possessive – plural	Antaléi	Antalokéi

Possessive forms of Antal

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Antalom	Antalaim
2nd person sing.	Antalod	Antalaid
3rd person sing.	Antala	Antalai
1st person plural	Antalunk	Antalaink
2nd person plural	Antalotok	Antalaitok
3rd person plural	Antaluk	Antalaik

Derived terms

• Anti (diminutive)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian Antal.

Proper noun

Antal m (genitive/dative lui Antal)

1. a surname from Hungarian

References

• Iordan, Iorgu (1983), Dicționar al numelor de familie românești [A Dictionary of Romanian Family Names]‎, Bucharest: Editura Științifică și Enciclopedică

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian Antal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈantal]

Proper noun

Antal m pers (female equivalent Antalová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Antal
(pattern chlap)

	singular	plural 1	plural 2
nominative	Antal	Antalovia	Antalovci
genitive	Antala	Antalov	Antalovcov
dative	Antalovi	Antalom	Antalovcom
accusative	Antala	Antalov	Antalovcov
locative	Antalovi	Antaloch	Antalovcoch
instrumental	Antalom	Antalmi	Antalovcami

Further reading

• “Antal”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025