ágy
Hungarian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Finno-Ugric *aďe (“covered up place for lying (sleeping), by covering prepare a place for lying /sleeping; make the beds”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editágy (plural ágyak)
Declension
editInflection (stem in -a-, back harmony) | ||
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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 | ||
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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
editCompound 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)