kénytelen
التعريفات والمعاني
== Hungarian ==
=== Etymology ===
From the noun kény (“one’s heart’s content”, archaic) + -telen (“-less, without”, privative adjective-forming suffix).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ˈkeːɲtɛlɛn]
Hyphenation: kény‧te‧len
Rhymes: -ɛn
=== Adjective ===
kénytelen (comparative kénytelenebb, superlative legkénytelenebb)
(predicatively) forced, compelled, obliged (to do something)
Kénytelen leszek elmenni oda. ― I will have to go there.
(used as an adverb) against one’s will, reluctantly (no choice but to do)
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
=== See also ===
Category:Hungarian auxiliary verbs
=== References ===
=== Further reading ===
kénytelen 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.