leány
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See also: leany
Hungarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably a compound word. From Proto-Ugric *lᴕjɜ (“small, young or weak, feeble”) + the stem of the noun anya (“mother”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]leány (plural leányok)
- (literary or dated) Alternative form of lány, girl
- (literary or dated, especially with possessive personal suffixes) Alternative form of lány, daughter
Declension
[edit]Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | leány | leányok |
accusative | leányt | leányokat |
dative | leánynak | leányoknak |
instrumental | leánnyal | leányokkal |
causal-final | leányért | leányokért |
translative | leánnyá | leányokká |
terminative | leányig | leányokig |
essive-formal | leányként | leányokként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | leányban | leányokban |
superessive | leányon | leányokon |
adessive | leánynál | leányoknál |
illative | leányba | leányokba |
sublative | leányra | leányokra |
allative | leányhoz | leányokhoz |
elative | leányból | leányokból |
delative | leányról | leányokról |
ablative | leánytól | leányoktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
leányé | leányoké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
leányéi | leányokéi |
Possessive forms of leány | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | leányom | leányaim |
2nd person sing. | leányod | leányaid |
3rd person sing. | leánya | leányai |
1st person plural | leányunk | leányaink |
2nd person plural | leányotok | leányaitok |
3rd person plural | leányuk | leányaik |
Derived terms
[edit]Compound words
References
[edit]- ^ Entry #1796 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
- ^ leány 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]- leány 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
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