vadon

See also: Vadon

Esperanto

Noun

vadon

1. accusative singular of vado

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɒdon]

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• Hyphenation: va‧don
• Rhymes: -on

Etymology 1

From the adjective vadon, split from phrases such as vadon erdő (“wild forest”).

Noun

vadon (plural vadonok)

1. remote, uncultivated, lush, primeval forest, far from human habitation
2. wilderness (barren, desolate, abandoned region, uncultivated tract of land)

   A vadon szava ― The Call of the Wild (a 1903 novel by Jack London)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	vadon	vadonok
accusative	vadont	vadonokat
dative	vadonnak	vadonoknak
instrumental	vadonnal	vadonokkal
causal-final	vadonért	vadonokért
translative	vadonná	vadonokká
terminative	vadonig	vadonokig
essive-formal	vadonként	vadonokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	vadonban	vadonokban
superessive	vadonon	vadonokon
adessive	vadonnál	vadonoknál
illative	vadonba	vadonokba
sublative	vadonra	vadonokra
allative	vadonhoz	vadonokhoz
elative	vadonból	vadonokból
delative	vadonról	vadonokról
ablative	vadontól	vadonoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	vadoné	vadonoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	vadonéi	vadonokéi

Possessive forms of vadon
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	vadonom	vadonaim, vadonjaim
2nd person sing.	vadonod	vadonaid, vadonjaid
3rd person sing.	vadona, vadonja	vadonai, vadonjai
1st person plural	vadonunk	vadonaink, vadonjaink
2nd person plural	vadonotok	vadonaitok, vadonjaitok
3rd person plural	vadonuk, vadonjuk	vadonaik, vadonjaik

Etymology 2

Adverb

vadon (not comparable)

1. (in the) wild, uncultivated (in a natural state, unaffected by cultivation)

   vadon termő gyümölcs ― wild fruit (literally, “fruit produced in the wild”)

Etymology 3

From the adjective vad (“wild”) +‎ -o- + -n (nominal-forming suffix). For the -n ~ -ny nominal-forming suffix, compare gyertyán, kemény, sovány.

Adjective

vadon (not comparable)

1. (poetic, rare) wild, uncultivated (in a natural state, unaffected by cultivation)

   Synonyms: zord, kietlen, elhagyott

Etymology 4

vad (“wild; game (wild animal)”) +‎ -on (superessive case ending)

Adjective

vadon

1. superessive singular of vad

Noun

vadon

1. superessive singular of vad

Further reading

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