alany
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
From al- + -any, patterned after Latin subjectum. Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
alany (plural alanyok)
- (grammar) subject (word or word group that is dealt with)
- Az alany a két fő mondatrész egyike. ― The subject is one of the two main constituents of a sentence.
- subject (human, animal or an inanimate object that is being examined)
- kísérleti alany ― experimental subject
Declension edit
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | alany | alanyok |
| accusative | alanyt | alanyokat |
| dative | alanynak | alanyoknak |
| instrumental | alannyal | alanyokkal |
| causal-final | alanyért | alanyokért |
| translative | alannyá | alanyokká |
| terminative | alanyig | alanyokig |
| essive-formal | alanyként | alanyokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | alanyban | alanyokban |
| superessive | alanyon | alanyokon |
| adessive | alanynál | alanyoknál |
| illative | alanyba | alanyokba |
| sublative | alanyra | alanyokra |
| allative | alanyhoz | alanyokhoz |
| elative | alanyból | alanyokból |
| delative | alanyról | alanyokról |
| ablative | alanytól | alanyoktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
alanyé | alanyoké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
alanyéi | alanyokéi |
| Possessive forms of alany | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | alanyom | alanyaim |
| 2nd person sing. | alanyod | alanyaid |
| 3rd person sing. | alanya | alanyai |
| 1st person plural | alanyunk | alanyaink |
| 2nd person plural | alanyotok | alanyaitok |
| 3rd person plural | alanyuk | alanyaik |
Derived terms edit
Compound words
See also edit
- (clause elements) mondatrész; alany, állítmány, határozó, jelző, tárgy (Category: hu:Clause elements)
References edit
- ^ alany 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
- alany 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
- alany 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)