balhé

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Austrian German balhe, from Yiddish בהלה (behole, “confusion, clamour”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɒlɦeː]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: bal‧hé
• Rhymes: -heː

Noun

balhé (plural balhék)

1. (colloquial) row (noisy argument), fuss (harsh complaint)
2. (colloquial) trouble, mess

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	balhé	balhék
accusative	balhét	balhékat
dative	balhénak	balhéknak
instrumental	balhéval	balhékkal
causal-final	balhéért	balhékért
translative	balhévá	balhékká
terminative	balhéig	balhékig
essive-formal	balhéként	balhékként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	balhéban	balhékban
superessive	balhén	balhékon
adessive	balhénál	balhéknál
illative	balhéba	balhékba
sublative	balhéra	balhékra
allative	balhéhoz	balhékhoz
elative	balhéból	balhékból
delative	balhéról	balhékról
ablative	balhétól	balhéktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	balhéé	balhéké
non-attributive possessive - plural	balhééi	balhékéi

Possessive forms of balhé
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	balhém	balhéim
2nd person sing.	balhéd	balhéid
3rd person sing.	balhéja	balhéi
1st person plural	balhénk	balhéink
2nd person plural	balhétok	balhéitok
3rd person plural	balhéjuk	balhéik

Derived terms

• balhés
• balhézik

Further reading

• balhé 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).