ángy

See also: angy

Hungarian

Etymology

Possibly derived from Proto-Uralic *ańa (“wife of an older male relative; mother”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈaːɲɟ]
• Hyphenation: ángy
• Rhymes: -aːɲɟ

Noun

ángy (plural ángyok)

1. (folksy) sister-in-law (the wife of a usually close, older male relative, such as a brother or an uncle)

   Synonym: sógornő

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	ángy	ángyok
accusative	ángyot	ángyokat
dative	ángynak	ángyoknak
instrumental	ánggyal	ángyokkal
causal-final	ángyért	ángyokért
translative	ánggyá	ángyokká
terminative	ángyig	ángyokig
essive-formal	ángyként	ángyokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	ángyban	ángyokban
superessive	ángyon	ángyokon
adessive	ángynál	ángyoknál
illative	ángyba	ángyokba
sublative	ángyra	ángyokra
allative	ángyhoz	ángyokhoz
elative	ángyból	ángyokból
delative	ángyról	ángyokról
ablative	ángytól	ángyoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	ángyé	ángyoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	ángyéi	ángyokéi

Possessive forms of ángy
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	ángyom	ángyaim
2nd person sing.	ángyod	ángyaid
3rd person sing.	ángya	ángyai
1st person plural	ángyunk	ángyaink
2nd person plural	ángyotok	ángyaitok
3rd person plural	ángyuk	ángyaik

Derived terms

• ángyasszony

Further reading

• ángy 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)
• ángy 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