ágy
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finno-Ugric *aďe (“covered up place for lying (sleeping), by covering prepare a place for lying /sleeping; make the beds”).[1][2]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ágy (plural ágyak)
Declension edit
| Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | ágy | ágyak |
| accusative | ágyat | ágyakat |
| dative | ágynak | ágyaknak |
| instrumental | ággyal | ágyakkal |
| causal-final | ágyért | ágyakért |
| translative | ággyá | ágyakká |
| terminative | ágyig | ágyakig |
| essive-formal | ágyként | ágyakként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | ágyban | ágyakban |
| superessive | ágyon | ágyakon |
| adessive | ágynál | ágyaknál |
| illative | ágyba | ágyakba |
| sublative | ágyra | ágyakra |
| allative | ágyhoz | ágyakhoz |
| elative | ágyból | ágyakból |
| delative | ágyról | ágyakról |
| ablative | ágytól | ágyaktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
ágyé | ágyaké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
ágyéi | ágyakéi |
| Possessive forms of ágy | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | ágyam | ágyaim |
| 2nd person sing. | ágyad | ágyaid |
| 3rd person sing. | ágya | ágyai |
| 1st person plural | ágyunk | ágyaink |
| 2nd person plural | ágyatok | ágyaitok |
| 3rd person plural | ágyuk | ágyaik |
Derived terms edit
Compound words
Expressions
References edit
- ^ Entry #3 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
- ^ ágy in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading edit
- ágy in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- ágy in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)