néhány
Hungarian
editEtymology
editné- + hány; the origin of né is uncertain. For the same, compare némi, némely, némelyik, néha, and néhol.
Pronunciation
editDeterminer
editnéhány
Pronoun
editnéhány
- some (of us / you / them) (used as a pronoun only with a plural possessive suffix, see below)
Declension
edit| Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | néhány | — |
| accusative | néhányat | — |
| dative | néhánynak | — |
| instrumental | néhánnyal | — |
| causal-final | néhányért | — |
| translative | néhánnyá | — |
| terminative | néhányig | — |
| essive-formal | néhányként | — |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | néhányban | — |
| superessive | néhányon | — |
| adessive | néhánynál | — |
| illative | néhányba | — |
| sublative | néhányra | — |
| allative | néhányhoz | — |
| elative | néhányból | — |
| delative | néhányról | — |
| ablative | néhánytól | — |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
néhányé | — |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
néhányéi | — |
Some of its possessive forms (single possession with plural possessor) are possible in the partitive sense (“some of us/you/them”):
| Possessive forms of néhány | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | — | — |
| 2nd person sing. | — | — |
| 3rd person sing. | — | — |
| 1st person plural | néhányunk | — |
| 2nd person plural | néhányatok | — |
| 3rd person plural | néhányuk | — |
(See also a list of partitive pronoun forms.)
Derived terms
editCompound words
Further reading
edit- néhány 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