héj
See also: hej
Hungarian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]First attested in c. 1395. From Proto-Finno-Ugric *koja (“bark, skin”). Cognates include Finnish koja (“bark”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]héj (plural héjak)
- shell (egg, nut), skin (apple, onion, potato), peel (orange, lemon), rind (melon), crust (bread), bark (tree)
- (chiefly in szemhéj) lid (of the eye)
Declension
[edit]| Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | héj | héjak |
| accusative | héjat | héjakat |
| dative | héjnak | héjaknak |
| instrumental | héjjal | héjakkal |
| causal-final | héjért | héjakért |
| translative | héjjá | héjakká |
| terminative | héjig | héjakig |
| essive-formal | héjként | héjakként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | héjban | héjakban |
| superessive | héjon | héjakon |
| adessive | héjnál | héjaknál |
| illative | héjba | héjakba |
| sublative | héjra | héjakra |
| allative | héjhoz | héjakhoz |
| elative | héjból | héjakból |
| delative | héjról | héjakról |
| ablative | héjtól | héjaktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
héjé | héjaké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
héjéi | héjakéi |
| Possessive forms of héj | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | héjam | héjaim |
| 2nd person sing. | héjad | héjaid |
| 3rd person sing. | héja | héjai |
| 1st person plural | héjunk | héjaink |
| 2nd person plural | héjatok | héjaitok |
| 3rd person plural | héjuk | héjaik |
Derived terms
[edit]Compound words
References
[edit]- ^ Entry #328 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
- ^ héj 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]- (peel etc.): héj 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
- (a folksy synonym of the interjection hej [1]): héj 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
- (a folksy synonym of the interjection hej [2]): héj 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