milyen
HungarianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From the pronoun mely (“which”), patterned after the pronouns ilyen (“this kind of”), olyan (“that kind of”). Its form may have been influenced also by the interrogative pronoun mi (“what”). Its original form was probably melyen, this is perhaps mely (interrogative pronoun) + -n (pronoun suffix). First attested in 1748.[1]
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
milyen
- (adjectivally) what?, what kind of?
- Synonym: miféle
- Milyen színű az autód? ― What color is your car?
- Milyen ember a főnököd? ― What kind of person is your boss?
- (predicatively) what … like?
- Milyen volt a nyaralásotok? ― What was your vacation like?
- (followed by an adverb or an adjective) to what extent?, how?, how much?
- Synonym: mennyire
- Milyen nagy a házatok? ― How big is your house?
- what (a) …!
DeclensionEdit
Inflection of milyen | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | milyen | milyenek |
accusative | milyet milyent |
milyeneket |
dative | milyennek | milyeneknek |
instrumental | milyennel | milyenekkel |
causal-final | milyenért | milyenekért |
translative | milyenné | milyenekké |
terminative | milyenig | milyenekig |
essive-formal | milyenként | milyenekként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | milyenben | milyenekben |
superessive | milyenen | milyeneken |
adessive | milyennél | milyeneknél |
illative | milyenbe | milyenekbe |
sublative | milyenre | milyenekre |
allative | milyenhez | milyenekhez |
elative | milyenből | milyenekből |
delative | milyenről | milyenekről |
ablative | milyentől | milyenektől |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
milyené | milyeneké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
milyenéi | milyenekéi |
Possessive forms of milyen | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | milyenem | milyenjeim |
2nd person sing. | milyened | milyenjeid |
3rd person sing. | milyenje | milyenjei |
1st person plural | milyenünk | milyenjeink |
2nd person plural | milyenetek | milyenjeitek |
3rd person plural | milyenjük | milyenjeik |
Derived termsEdit
Compound words
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ milyen 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.)
Further readingEdit
- milyen in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN