való

== Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern) [bəˈlu] IPA(key): (Balearic) [vəˈlo] IPA(key): (Central) [bəˈlo] IPA(key): (Valencia) [vaˈlo] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [baˈlo] === Adjective === való (feminine valona, masculine plural valons, feminine plural valones) Walloon === Noun === való m (plural valons, feminine valona, feminine plural valones) Walloon (person from Wallonia) === Noun === való m (uncountable) Walloon (Romance language) ==== Related terms ==== Valònia === Further reading === “való”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “való”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “való” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “való”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == Hungarian == === Etymology === From the val- stem variant of the verb van (“to be”) +‎ -ó (present participle suffix). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈvɒloː] Hyphenation: va‧ló Rhymes: -loː === Adjective === való (not generally comparable, comparative valóbb, superlative legvalóbb) (periphrastic forms may occur instead of its uncommon comparative and superlative forms, using jobban [legjobban] or inkább [leginkább]) meant, supposed, intended (to be somewhere or in some way) Hova való ez a könyv? ― Where is this book supposed to go? fitting, suitable, appropriate (followed by -nak/-nek or -hoz/-hez/-höz) Synonym: illő Ez a könyv neked való. ― This book is suitable for you. / You will like this book. Péter hozzád való. ― Peter is suitable for you. (as a boyfriend/husband) (rare, chiefly in derived terms) real Synonyms: igazi, valódi A való életben ez másképp van. ― This is different in real life. (in compounds) It may be added to the infinitive of a verb to form an adjective denoting “ought to be (done)” or “worthy of (doing)” or (writing as one word) to form the corresponding noun (“something that ought to be done or is worthy of doing”); see the examples below. ==== Derived terms ==== Note: The compounds with való as their last element are only written as one word (without a space inside) if their part of speech is changed from the original adjective into something else (normally a noun) or if their meaning differs from the meaning of the sum of its components. In several cases, both ways of spelling are possible for different parts of speech, e.g. mosni való ruha (“[dirty] laundry”, literally: “clothes to be washed”) and mosnivaló (literally “to be washed”, actually the same meaning, but without a noun afterwards). Another example is ennivaló (“food”) from enni való (növény/állat etc.) (plant/animal etc. “suitable for eating” or “supposed to be eaten”), which has another sense of “adorable”, justifying the changed way of spelling (also ennivaló). === Particle === való Used to connect modifiers (e.g. adverbs) to a noun that expresses an action or process (ending in -ás/-és, similar to the English gerund) Synonym: (formal style) történő Az Annával való találkozásom óta boldogabb vagyok. ― Since my meeting ∅ with Anna, I have been happier. A nehéz témáról való beszélgetés kimerítette őket. ― The conversation ∅ about the difficult topic exhausted them. ==== See also ==== lévő === Noun === való (uncountable) (archaic, today only in certain fixed phrases) reality, truth Synonym: valóság ==== Declension ==== Most of its forms are not in use today, except valóra (with the verbs válik and vált) and the possessive forms, as well as the lexicalized form valóban. === References === === Further reading === való 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. való and (with subscription) való in Ferenc Pusztai, editor, Magyar értelmező kéziszótár [A Concise Explanatory Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÉKsz.2), 2nd, expanded and revised edition, Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2003 (online searchable version under development). (as a second element of compounds): in -való and (with subscription) -való in Ferenc Pusztai, editor, Magyar értelmező kéziszótár [A Concise Explanatory Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÉKsz.2), 2nd, expanded and revised edition, Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2003 (online searchable version under development).