fájdalmasak

Fájdalmasak is a Hungarian adjective form used with a plural subject to express that something is painful or distressing. The base adjective fájdalmas means "painful" and can describe physical sensation as well as emotional suffering. When used predicatively with a plural subject and a linking verb, it takes the ending -ak, yielding fájdalmasak, which translates roughly as "they are painful" or "they are distressing." For example: A tünetek fájdalmasak.

Etymology and morphology: The word fájdalmas derives from fájdalom (pain) plus the adjective-forming suffix -mas. The plural predicative form is fájdalmasak, used when the subject is plural. In attributive position before a noun you would say fájdalmas tünetek (painful symptoms).

Usage and nuance: The term covers both physical pain and emotional distress. In medical contexts it describes pain severity, while in literature or everyday speech it can convey sorrow, trouble, or distress. The adverbial form is fájdalmasan ("painfully"), as in "fájdalmasan hallgatott" (he listened in a painful way).