vonal

Hungarian

Etymology

von (“to pull; to draw”) +‎ -al (noun-forming suffix), created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈvonɒl]
Hyphenation: vo‧nal
Rhymes: -ɒl

Noun

vonal (plural vonalak)

line (a path marked by something, e.g. drawn by pencil)
line, route
Synonym: útvonal
(chess) file

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	vonal	vonalak
accusative	vonalat	vonalakat
dative	vonalnak	vonalaknak
instrumental	vonallal	vonalakkal
causal-final	vonalért	vonalakért
translative	vonallá	vonalakká
terminative	vonalig	vonalakig
essive-formal	vonalként	vonalakként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	vonalban	vonalakban
superessive	vonalon	vonalakon
adessive	vonalnál	vonalaknál
illative	vonalba	vonalakba
sublative	vonalra	vonalakra
allative	vonalhoz	vonalakhoz
elative	vonalból	vonalakból
delative	vonalról	vonalakról
ablative	vonaltól	vonalaktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	vonalé	vonalaké
non-attributive possessive - plural	vonaléi	vonalakéi

Possessive forms of vonal
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	vonalam	vonalaim
2nd person sing.	vonalad	vonalaid
3rd person sing.	vonala	vonalai
1st person plural	vonalunk	vonalaink
2nd person plural	vonalatok	vonalaitok
3rd person plural	vonaluk	vonalaik

Derived terms

Compound words with this term at the beginning

Compound words with this term at the end

Related terms

vonás

References

^ vonal 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.)