Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Uralic *jänte. Cognates include Northern Mansi я̄нтэв (â̄ntèw, bowstring) and Finnish jänne (tendon, sinew; bowstring). The original Hungarian meaning was bowstring. The meaning nerve was introduced by Ferenc Toldy during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.[1][2]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ideg (plural idegek)

  1. (neuroanatomy) nerve
  2. (archaic) bowstring
  3. (archaic, poetic) string of lute

Declension edit

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative ideg idegek
accusative ideget idegeket
dative idegnek idegeknek
instrumental ideggel idegekkel
causal-final idegért idegekért
translative ideggé idegekké
terminative idegig idegekig
essive-formal idegként idegekként
essive-modal
inessive idegben idegekben
superessive idegen idegeken
adessive idegnél idegeknél
illative idegbe idegekbe
sublative idegre idegekre
allative ideghez idegekhez
elative idegből idegekből
delative idegről idegekről
ablative idegtől idegektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
idegé idegeké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
idegéi idegekéi
Possessive forms of ideg
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. idegem idegeim
2nd person sing. ideged idegeid
3rd person sing. idege idegei
1st person plural idegünk idegeink
2nd person plural idegetek idegeitek
3rd person plural idegük idegeik

Derived terms edit

Compound words with this term at the beginning
Compound words with this term at the end
Expressions (types of nerves)
Expressions (others)

References edit

  1. ^ Entry #169 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. ^ ideg 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.)
  • Vizi E. Szilveszter, Magyar Orvosi Nyelv. NOK Kiadó, Budapest, 2001 [1]

Further reading edit

  • ideg 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