moholy

Hungarian

Etymology

First attested in 1807. From bolyh. The word moh may have influenced the meaning. Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈmohoj]
Hyphenation: mo‧holy
Rhymes: -oj

Noun

moholy (plural molyhok)

(rare) down, fluff, nap, fuzz (light fur etc.)
Synonyms: bolyh, pehely, pihe

Declension

Inflection (stem in *-o-*, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	moholy	molyhok
accusative	molyhot	molyhokat
dative	moholynak	molyhoknak
instrumental	mohollyal	molyhokkal
causal-final	moholyért	molyhokért
translative	mohollyá	molyhokká
terminative	moholyig	molyhokig
essive-formal	moholyként	molyhokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	moholyban	molyhokban
superessive	molyhon	molyhokon
adessive	moholynál	molyhoknál
illative	moholyba	molyhokba
sublative	moholyra	molyhokra
allative	moholyhoz	molyhokhoz
elative	moholyból	molyhokból
delative	moholyról	molyhokról
ablative	moholytól	molyhoktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	moholyé	molyhoké
non-attributive possessive – plural	moholyéi	molyhokéi

Possessive forms of *moholy*
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	molyhom	molyhaim
2nd person sing.	molyhod	molyhaid
3rd person sing.	molyha	molyhai
1st person plural	molyhunk	molyhaink
2nd person plural	molyhotok	molyhaitok
3rd person plural	molyhuk	molyhaik

Derived terms

molyhos

References

^ moholy 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.)
^ moholy 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.