Noun: volta
Non-attributive Possessive
Possessive Forms
Single possession
| Sg.1 | voltom |
| Sg.2 | voltod |
| Sg.3 | volta |
| Pl.1 | voltunk |
| Pl.2 | voltotok |
| Pl.3 | voltuk |
Multiple possessions
Sample Sentences
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Húga persze igyekezett leplezni az egésznek a kínos voltát, és ahogy telt az idő, ez egyre jobban sikerült is neki (…)
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The sister admittedly sought to cover up the awkwardness of everything as much as possible, and, as time went by, she naturally got more successful at it. (literally, “…cover up the whole [thing] being awkward…” or “the awkward nature of the whole [thing]…”)
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Samsa úr, bizalmatlanságában, amelynek alaptalan volta nyilvánvalóvá vált, a két nővel együtt kilépett az előtérre (…) (In what turned out to be an entirely groundless mistrust, Mr. Samsa stepped with the two women out onto the landing (…) (literally, “Mr. Samsa in his mistrust, whose being groundless became evident,…”)) [1915, Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis (Hungarian translation: Miklós Györffy; English translation: Ian Johnston)]
Etymology
From the original vol- stem of van (“to be”) + -ta (noun-forming suffix), the latter from -t (noun-forming suffix) + -a (possessive suffix).
Translations