soha
Hungarian
editAlternative forms
edit- sohasem, sohase, sosem, sose (all comprising the additional negative particle required, see Usage notes)
Etymology
editsem (“neither”) + ha (introduces a conditional clause; here “when”)
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editsoha
Usage notes
editJust like other adverbs with a general negative sense (senki, semmi, sehol etc.), it is used with another word of negation in Hungarian (double negation):
- Soha nem láttam még elefántot. ― I've never seen an elephant (yet).
or
- Nem láttam még elefántot soha. ― like above
However, if one of its alternative forms is used instead, no other negative follows (because these alternative forms already incorporate a negative sem or se):
- Sosem láttam még elefántot. ― like above
If it is separated from the verb, the negative appears again (strictly speaking, resulting in a triple negation):
- Nem láttam még elefántot sosem. ― like above
Derived terms
editRelated terms
edit- sosincs (= soha nincs, soha sincs; informal)
See also
edit1 Semhogy and semmint are conjunctions meaning “(rather) than”, “before” (as in inkább meghal, semhogy… ― he'll rather die than…).
2 Valamint is now only used in the sense of “as well as” in enumerations.
3 Mindeddig/-addig mean “up until this/that point” (= egészen eddig/addig).
Csak following relative pronouns expresses “-ever”, e.g. aki csak (“whoever”); is after “any” pronouns emphasizes “no matter”: akármit is (“no matter what”).
Further reading
edit- soha in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
Serbo-Croatian
editEtymology
editInherited from Proto-Slavic *soxa.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsòha f (Cyrillic spelling со̀ха)
References
edit- “soha”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
Ternate
editPronunciation
editVerb
editsoha
Conjugation
editsingular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
inclusive | exclusive | |||
1st person | tosoha | fosoha | misoha | |
2nd person | nosoha | nisoha | ||
3rd person |
masculine | osoha | isoha yosoha (archaic) | |
feminine | mosoha | |||
neuter | isoha |
References
edit- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
Uzbek
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Arabic سَاحَة (sāḥa, “circle”). Compare Turkish saha.
Noun
editsoha (plural sohalar)
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