vő
See also: Appendix:Variations of "vo"
Hungarian
editAlternative forms
edit- vej (sometimes proscribed)
Etymology
editFrom Proto-Uralic *wäŋew. Cognates include Finnish vävy. (Probably not related to vőlegény (“fiancé, bridegroom”).)
Pronunciation
editNoun
editvő (plural vők)
- son-in-law
- Coordinate term: meny
- (archaic) husband
- (obsolete) fiancé, bridegroom
Declension
editIts possessive forms veje etc. were coined by the analogy of fő–feje and nő–neje, while the original possessive was regular.
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front rounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | vő | vők |
accusative | vőt | vőket |
dative | vőnek | vőknek |
instrumental | vővel | vőkkel |
causal-final | vőért | vőkért |
translative | vővé | vőkké |
terminative | vőig | vőkig |
essive-formal | vőként | vőkként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | vőben | vőkben |
superessive | vőn | vőkön |
adessive | vőnél | vőknél |
illative | vőbe | vőkbe |
sublative | vőre | vőkre |
allative | vőhöz | vőkhöz |
elative | vőből | vőkből |
delative | vőről | vőkről |
ablative | vőtől | vőktől |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
vőé | vőké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
vőéi | vőkéi |
Possessive forms of vő | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | vejem | vejeim |
2nd person sing. | vejed | vejeid |
3rd person sing. | veje | vejei |
1st person plural | vejünk | vejeink |
2nd person plural | vejetek | vejeitek |
3rd person plural | vejük | vejeik |
or (today less commonly)
Possessive forms of vő | ||
---|---|---|
possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | vőm | vőim |
2nd person sing. | vőd | vőid |
3rd person sing. | vője | vői |
1st person plural | vőnk | vőink |
2nd person plural | vőtök | vőitek |
3rd person plural | vőjük | vőik |
Derived terms
editSee also
editFurther reading
edit- vő 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
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