Hungarian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈɛrdɛji]
  • Hyphenation: er‧dei
  • Rhymes: -ji

Etymology 1 edit

From erdő (wood, forest) +‎ -i (adjective-forming suffix).

Adjective edit

erdei (not comparable)

  1. wood-, forest-, sylvan
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative erdei erdeiek
accusative erdeit erdeieket
dative erdeinek erdeieknek
instrumental erdeivel erdeiekkel
causal-final erdeiért erdeiekért
translative erdeivé erdeiekké
terminative erdeiig erdeiekig
essive-formal erdeiként erdeiekként
essive-modal
inessive erdeiben erdeiekben
superessive erdein erdeieken
adessive erdeinél erdeieknél
illative erdeibe erdeiekbe
sublative erdeire erdeiekre
allative erdeihez erdeiekhez
elative erdeiből erdeiekből
delative erdeiről erdeiekről
ablative erdeitől erdeiektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
erdeié erdeieké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
erdeiéi erdeiekéi
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

From the erde- stem of erdő (forest) +‎ -i (possessive suffix).

Noun edit

erdei

  1. (literary) third-person singular multiple-possession possessive of erdő
    Synonym: erdői
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative erdei
accusative erdeit
dative erdeinek
instrumental erdeivel
causal-final erdeiért
translative erdeivé
terminative erdeiig
essive-formal erdeiként
essive-modal erdeiül
inessive erdeiben
superessive erdein
adessive erdeinél
illative erdeibe
sublative erdeire
allative erdeihez
elative erdeiből
delative erdeiről
ablative erdeitől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
erdeié
non-attributive
possessive - plural
erdeiéi

Further reading edit

  • erdei 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
  • erdei 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)