See also: hija

Hungarian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈhiːjɒ]
  • Hyphenation: hí‧ja
  • Rhymes: -jɒ

Etymology 1

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From the hé- ~ hí- form of the obsolete noun hiu (void, shortage) +‎ -ja (possessive suffix). Compare hiány (lack) and hiányos (lacking, deficient).[1]

Noun

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híja (uncountable)

  1. (with a possessive suffix) lack of something
    nincs híjanothing is missing (out of it)
Declension
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It is only used with certain case suffixes, most commonly híján, sometimes híjával, rarely híjában, híjától, híjára and híját (as well as plural híjuk (their lack)); see also its morphological chart.

Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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(to call) (archaic or dialectal variant of hív) +‎ -ja (personal suffix)

Verb

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híja

  1. Alternative form of hívja, third-person singular indicative present definite of .
  2. Alternative form of hívja, third-person singular subjunctive present definite of .

References

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  1. ^ híja in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.

Further reading

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  • híja 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