arkangyal

Hungarian

Etymology

From Late Latin archangelus, from Ancient Greek ἀρχάγγελος (arkhángelos, “archangel”), from the prefix ἀρχι- (arkhi-), from ἄρχω (árkhō, “to begin, lead, rule”) + ἄγγελος (ángelos, “messenger”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒrkɒɲɟɒl]
• Hyphenation: ark‧an‧gyal

Noun

arkangyal (plural arkangyalok)

1. archangel

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	arkangyal	arkangyalok
accusative	arkangyalt	arkangyalokat
dative	arkangyalnak	arkangyaloknak
instrumental	arkangyallal	arkangyalokkal
causal-final	arkangyalért	arkangyalokért
translative	arkangyallá	arkangyalokká
terminative	arkangyalig	arkangyalokig
essive-formal	arkangyalként	arkangyalokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	arkangyalban	arkangyalokban
superessive	arkangyalon	arkangyalokon
adessive	arkangyalnál	arkangyaloknál
illative	arkangyalba	arkangyalokba
sublative	arkangyalra	arkangyalokra
allative	arkangyalhoz	arkangyalokhoz
elative	arkangyalból	arkangyalokból
delative	arkangyalról	arkangyalokról
ablative	arkangyaltól	arkangyaloktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	arkangyalé	arkangyaloké
non-attributive possessive – plural	arkangyaléi	arkangyalokéi

Possessive forms of arkangyal

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	arkangyalom	arkangyalaim
2nd person sing.	arkangyalod	arkangyalaid
3rd person sing.	arkangyala	arkangyalai
1st person plural	arkangyalunk	arkangyalaink
2nd person plural	arkangyalotok	arkangyalaitok
3rd person plural	arkangyaluk	arkangyalaik

Related terms

• angyal

Further reading

• arkangyal 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
• arkangyal in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).