fontosabbak

Fontosabbak is a Hungarian word that functions as the plural form of the comparative adjective fontosabb, which itself comes from fontos meaning important. The term is used to refer to items or elements that are more important than others within a group. In Hungarian, the positive form is fontos, the comparative form is fontosabb, and the plural nominal form of the comparative is fontosabbak. The phrase can act like a pronoun or a noun phrase meaning “the more important ones” or, in context, “the things that are more important.”

usage and meaning

Fontosabbak is typically used when a subset of items has already been identified as more important. It can stand alone with a preposition, as in a sentence like a fontosabbakra koncentrálunk (“we focus on the more important ones”). It can also appear in sentences that place the group among other elements, such as a sentence saying that the fontosabbak közé tartoznak some elements, meaning “they belong to the more important ones.” When the intention is to modify a plural noun directly, Hungarian commonly uses the attributive form fontosabb before the plural noun (for example, fontosabb feladatok = more important tasks).

related forms

The superlative form legfontosabb means “the most important,” providing a higher degree than fontosabb. The ordinary attributive plural before a noun uses the base form fontosabb (without a separate -ak ending on the adjective itself).

examples

- A fontosabbakra koncentrálunk. (We focus on the more important ones.)

- A fontosabbak közé tartoznak a kiemelt feladatok. (The more important ones include the highlighted tasks.)