nyikhaj
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Hungarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowing from Romani, compare Romungro Romani nikhaj, Baltic Romani nikaj, East Slovak Romani ňikhaj (“nowhere”), from ni (“not, nor, neither”) + kaj (“where”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]nyikhaj (plural nyikhajok)
Declension
[edit]| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | nyikhaj | nyikhajok |
| accusative | nyikhajt | nyikhajokat |
| dative | nyikhajnak | nyikhajoknak |
| instrumental | nyikhajjal | nyikhajokkal |
| causal-final | nyikhajért | nyikhajokért |
| translative | nyikhajjá | nyikhajokká |
| terminative | nyikhajig | nyikhajokig |
| essive-formal | nyikhajként | nyikhajokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | nyikhajban | nyikhajokban |
| superessive | nyikhajon | nyikhajokon |
| adessive | nyikhajnál | nyikhajoknál |
| illative | nyikhajba | nyikhajokba |
| sublative | nyikhajra | nyikhajokra |
| allative | nyikhajhoz | nyikhajokhoz |
| elative | nyikhajból | nyikhajokból |
| delative | nyikhajról | nyikhajokról |
| ablative | nyikhajtól | nyikhajoktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
nyikhajé | nyikhajoké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
nyikhajéi | nyikhajokéi |
| Possessive forms of nyikhaj | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | nyikhajom | nyikhajaim |
| 2nd person sing. | nyikhajod | nyikhajaid |
| 3rd person sing. | nyikhaja | nyikhajai |
| 1st person plural | nyikhajunk | nyikhajaink |
| 2nd person plural | nyikhajotok | nyikhajaitok |
| 3rd person plural | nyikhajuk | nyikhajaik |
Further reading
[edit]- nyikhaj 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