keh
Hungarian
editEtymology
editOf onomatopoeic origin, related to the stem of köhög (“to cough”). First attested in c. 1550.[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editkeh (usually uncountable, plural kehek)
- heaves, broken wind (disease of horses characterized by coughing and difficult breathing)
- Synonyms: kehesség, száraz keh
Declension
edit| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | keh | kehek |
| accusative | kehet | keheket |
| dative | kehnek | keheknek |
| instrumental | kehhel | kehekkel |
| causal-final | kehért | kehekért |
| translative | kehhé | kehekké |
| terminative | kehig | kehekig |
| essive-formal | kehként | kehekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | kehben | kehekben |
| superessive | kehen | keheken |
| adessive | kehnél | keheknél |
| illative | kehbe | kehekbe |
| sublative | kehre | kehekre |
| allative | kehhez | kehekhez |
| elative | kehből | kehekből |
| delative | kehről | kehekről |
| ablative | kehtől | kehektől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
kehé | keheké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
kehéi | kehekéi |
| Possessive forms of keh | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | kehem | keheim |
| 2nd person sing. | kehed | keheid |
| 3rd person sing. | kehe | kehei |
| 1st person plural | kehünk | keheink |
| 2nd person plural | kehetek | keheitek |
| 3rd person plural | kehük | keheik |
Derived terms
editExpressions
References
edit- ^ keh in Gerstner, Károly (ed.). Új magyar etimológiai szótár. (’New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian’). Beta version. Budapest, MTA Nyelvtudományi Intézet / Magyar Nyelvtudományi Kutatóközpont, 2011–2022. (Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary). Language abbreviations
Further reading
edit- keh 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