higany

Hungarian

Chemical element
Hg
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Etymology

From híg (“thin, dilute”) +‎ -any (nominal suffix). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries. Coined by Bugát Pál.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhiɡɒɲ]
• Hyphenation: hi‧gany
• Rhymes: -ɒɲ

Noun

higany (usually uncountable, plural higanyok)

1. mercury (chemical element)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	higany	higanyok
accusative	higanyt	higanyokat
dative	higanynak	higanyoknak
instrumental	higannyal	higanyokkal
causal-final	higanyért	higanyokért
translative	higannyá	higanyokká
terminative	higanyig	higanyokig
essive-formal	higanyként	higanyokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	higanyban	higanyokban
superessive	higanyon	higanyokon
adessive	higanynál	higanyoknál
illative	higanyba	higanyokba
sublative	higanyra	higanyokra
allative	higanyhoz	higanyokhoz
elative	higanyból	higanyokból
delative	higanyról	higanyokról
ablative	higanytól	higanyoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	higanyé	higanyoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	higanyéi	higanyokéi

Possessive forms of higany
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	higanyom	higanyaim
2nd person sing.	higanyod	higanyaid
3rd person sing.	higanya	higanyai
1st person plural	higanyunk	higanyaink
2nd person plural	higanyotok	higanyaitok
3rd person plural	higanyuk	higanyaik

Derived terms

Compound words

• higanylámpa

 

Further reading

• higany 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