Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Austrian German balhe, from Yiddish בהלה (behole, confusion, clamour).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈbɒlɦeː]
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  • Hyphenation: bal‧hé
  • Rhymes: -heː

Noun edit

balhé (plural balhék)

  1. (colloquial) row (noisy argument), fuss (harsh complaint)
  2. (colloquial) trouble, mess

Declension edit

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative balhé balhék
accusative balhét balhékat
dative balhénak balhéknak
instrumental balhéval balhékkal
causal-final balhéért balhékért
translative balhévá balhékká
terminative balhéig balhékig
essive-formal balhéként balhékként
essive-modal
inessive balhéban balhékban
superessive balhén balhékon
adessive balhénál balhéknál
illative balhéba balhékba
sublative balhéra balhékra
allative balhéhoz balhékhoz
elative balhéból balhékból
delative balhéról balhékról
ablative balhétól balhéktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
balhéé balhéké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
balhééi balhékéi
Possessive forms of balhé
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. balhém balhéim
2nd person sing. balhéd balhéid
3rd person sing. balhéja balhéi
1st person plural balhénk balhéink
2nd person plural balhétok balhéitok
3rd person plural balhéjuk balhéik

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

  • balhé 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)