atya
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Uralic *attɜ (“father, grandfather”) + -a (diminutive suffix or possessive suffix). It is also possible that it originates from infant talk.[1][2] Cognates include Erzya атя (aťa) and Udmurt атай (ataj).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
atya (plural atyák)
- (family, archaic) Synonym of apa (“father”, male parent).
- (Christianity, Judaism) Father (God)
- (occupation, also as part of a phrase with the given name) father (priest)
- (chiefly with a possessive suffix) father (the first person who made major contribution to a field of science, art, literature, etc.)
Declension edit
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | atya | atyák |
| accusative | atyát | atyákat |
| dative | atyának | atyáknak |
| instrumental | atyával | atyákkal |
| causal-final | atyáért | atyákért |
| translative | atyává | atyákká |
| terminative | atyáig | atyákig |
| essive-formal | atyaként | atyákként |
| essive-modal | atyául | — |
| inessive | atyában | atyákban |
| superessive | atyán | atyákon |
| adessive | atyánál | atyáknál |
| illative | atyába | atyákba |
| sublative | atyára | atyákra |
| allative | atyához | atyákhoz |
| elative | atyából | atyákból |
| delative | atyáról | atyákról |
| ablative | atyától | atyáktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
atyáé | atyáké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
atyáéi | atyákéi |
| Possessive forms of atya | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | atyám | atyáim (atyjaim) |
| 2nd person sing. | atyád | atyáid (atyjaid) |
| 3rd person sing. | atyja | atyái (atyjai) |
| 1st person plural | atyánk | atyáink (atyjaink) |
| 2nd person plural | atyátok | atyáitok (atyjaitok) |
| 3rd person plural | atyjuk | atyáik (atyjaik) |
Derived terms edit
Compound words with this term at the beginning
Compound words with this term at the end
References edit
- ^ atya 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.)
- ^ atya in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN
Further reading edit
- atya 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
- atya 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)