oláh

See also: Oláh

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic влахъ (vlaxŭ), from Proto-Slavic *volxъ, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *walhaz (“foreigner”). See also the doublet olasz (“Italian”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈolaː]
• (with inflected suffix) IPA^(key): [ˈolaːx]
• Hyphenation: oláh
• Rhymes: -laː

Noun

oláh (plural oláhok)

1. (dated, derogatory) Vlach, Romanian

   Synonym: román

   Coordinate terms: (all: historical designations of nationalities) tót, rác, ruszin, polyák, talján, muszka

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	oláh	oláhok
accusative	oláhot	oláhokat
dative	oláhnak	oláhoknak
instrumental	oláhval	oláhokkal
causal-final	oláhért	oláhokért
translative	oláhvá	oláhokká
terminative	oláhig	oláhokig
essive-formal	oláhként	oláhokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	oláhban	oláhokban
superessive	oláhon	oláhokon
adessive	oláhnál	oláhoknál
illative	oláhba	oláhokba
sublative	oláhra	oláhokra
allative	oláhhoz	oláhokhoz
elative	oláhból	oláhokból
delative	oláhról	oláhokról
ablative	oláhtól	oláhoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	oláhé	oláhoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	oláhéi	oláhokéi

Possessive forms of oláh
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	oláhom	oláhaim
2nd person sing.	oláhod	oláhaid
3rd person sing.	oláha	oláhai
1st person plural	oláhunk	oláhaink
2nd person plural	oláhotok	oláhaitok
3rd person plural	oláhuk	oláhaik

Further reading

• oláh 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