Erdély
Hungarian
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Etymology
[edit]From erdő (“forest”) + Old Hungarian elü, elv (“a region beyond something”),[1] literally “the region beyond the forest”.[2]
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
[edit]Erdély
Declension
[edit]| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | Erdély | — |
| accusative | Erdélyt | — |
| dative | Erdélynek | — |
| instrumental | Erdéllyel | — |
| causal-final | Erdélyért | — |
| translative | Erdéllyé | — |
| terminative | Erdélyig | — |
| essive-formal | Erdélyként | — |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | Erdélyben | — |
| superessive | Erdélyen | — |
| adessive | Erdélynél | — |
| illative | Erdélybe | — |
| sublative | Erdélyre | — |
| allative | Erdélyhez | — |
| elative | Erdélyből | — |
| delative | Erdélyről | — |
| ablative | Erdélytől | — |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
Erdélyé | — |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
Erdélyéi | — |
| Possessive forms of Erdély | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | Erdélyem | — |
| 2nd person sing. | Erdélyed | — |
| 3rd person sing. | Erdélye | — |
| 1st person plural | Erdélyünk | — |
| 2nd person plural | Erdélyetek | — |
| 3rd person plural | Erdélyük | — |
Derived terms
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[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Entry #1729 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
- ^ https://e-nyelv.hu/2016-08-10/erdely/