enyh
Appearance
Hungarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Of unknown origin. Its earlier form may have been ehny, affected by metathesis; compare konyha.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]enyh (uncountable)
- (archaic, literary) relief (that which provides rest or removes pain)
- (archaic, literary) solace, release (the resulting liberation from pain or suffering)
- Synonyms: enyhülés, megbékélés, vigasztalás, vigasz, megnyugvás, megkönnyebbülés
Declension
[edit]Today only its accusative is used (often in the phrase enyhet ad); the other forms are archaic.
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | enyh | — |
accusative | enyhet | — |
dative | enyhnek | — |
instrumental | enyhhel | — |
causal-final | enyhért | — |
translative | enyhhé | — |
terminative | enyhig | — |
essive-formal | enyhként | — |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | enyhben | — |
superessive | enyhen | — |
adessive | enyhnél | — |
illative | enyhbe | — |
sublative | enyhre | — |
allative | enyhhez | — |
elative | enyhből | — |
delative | enyhről | — |
ablative | enyhtől | — |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
enyhé | — |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
enyhéi | — |
Possessive forms of enyh | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | enyhem | — |
2nd person sing. | enyhed | — |
3rd person sing. | enyhe | — |
1st person plural | enyhünk | — |
2nd person plural | enyhetek | — |
3rd person plural | enyhük | — |
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ enyh in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading
[edit]- enyh 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
- enyh 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).