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istentelen

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Hungarian

Etymology

From isten (god) + -telen (-less, without, privative adjective-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈiʃtɛntɛlɛn]
  • Hyphenation: is‧ten‧te‧len

Adjective

istentelen (comparative istentelenebb, superlative legistentelenebb)

  1. godless (not acknowledging any deity or god; without belief in any deity or god)
    Antonym: istenfélő
  2. (figuratively, hyperbolic) ungodly, unholy (extreme; unreasonable; dreadful, terrible, excessive, or otherwise atrocious)

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

Derived terms

  • istentelenség
  • istentelenül

Noun

istentelen (plural istentelenek)

  1. godless person

Declension

More information singular, plural ...
More information possessor, single possession ...

Further reading

  • istentelen in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
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