Lévai

See also: levai

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈleːvɒji]
• Hyphenation: Lé‧vai
• Rhymes: -ji

Proper noun

Lévai

1. a surname

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	Lévai	Lévaiak
accusative	Lévait	Lévaiakat
dative	Lévainak	Lévaiaknak
instrumental	Lévaival	Lévaiakkal
causal-final	Lévaiért	Lévaiakért
translative	Lévaivá	Lévaiakká
terminative	Lévaiig	Lévaiakig
essive-formal	Lévaiként	Lévaiakként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Lévaiban	Lévaiakban
superessive	Lévain	Lévaiakon
adessive	Lévainál	Lévaiaknál
illative	Lévaiba	Lévaiakba
sublative	Lévaira	Lévaiakra
allative	Lévaihoz	Lévaiakhoz
elative	Lévaiból	Lévaiakból
delative	Lévairól	Lévaiakról
ablative	Lévaitól	Lévaiaktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	Lévaié	Lévaiaké
non-attributive possessive – plural	Lévaiéi	Lévaiakéi

Possessive forms of Lévai

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Lévaim	Lévaijaim (or Lévaiim)
2nd person sing.	Lévaid	Lévaijaid (or Lévaiid)
3rd person sing.	Lévaija	Lévaijai (or Lévaii)
1st person plural	Lévaink	Lévaijaink (or Lévaiink)
2nd person plural	Lévaitok	Lévaijaitok (or Lévaiitok)
3rd person plural	Lévaijuk	Lévaijaik (or Lévaiik)

Slovak

Etymology

Utimately from Hungarian Léva, Hungarian form of Levice.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈleːvai]

Proper noun

Lévai m pers (female equivalent Lévaiová)

1. a male habitational surname from Hungarian

Declension

Declension of Lévai (pattern chlap or kuli)

	singular	plural 1	plural 2
nominative	Lévai	Lévaiovia	Lévaiovci
genitive	Lévaia, Lévaiho	Lévaiov	Lévaiovcov
dative	Lévaiovi, Lévaimu	Lévaiom	Lévaiovcom
accusative	Lévaia, Lévaiho	Lévaiov	Lévaiovcov
locative	Lévaiovi, Lévaim	Lévaioch	Lévaiovcoch
instrumental	Lévaiom, Lévaim	Lévaimi, Lévaiami	Lévaiovcami

Further reading

• “Lévai”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025