ürügy

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See also: űrügy

Hungarian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

ürügy (plural ürügyek)

  1. excuse, plea, pretext, pretence
    Synonyms: kifogás, mentség

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front rounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative ürügy ürügyek
accusative ürügyet ürügyeket
dative ürügynek ürügyeknek
instrumental ürüggyel ürügyekkel
causal-final ürügyért ürügyekért
translative ürüggyé ürügyekké
terminative ürügyig ürügyekig
essive-formal ürügyként ürügyekként
essive-modal ürügyül
inessive ürügyben ürügyekben
superessive ürügyön ürügyeken
adessive ürügynél ürügyeknél
illative ürügybe ürügyekbe
sublative ürügyre ürügyekre
allative ürügyhöz ürügyekhez
elative ürügyből ürügyekből
delative ürügyről ürügyekről
ablative ürügytől ürügyektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
ürügyé ürügyeké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
ürügyéi ürügyekéi
Possessive forms of ürügy
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. ürügyem ürügyeim
2nd person sing. ürügyed ürügyeid
3rd person sing. ürügye ürügyei
1st person plural ürügyünk ürügyeink
2nd person plural ürügyetek ürügyeitek
3rd person plural ürügyük ürügyeik

Further reading

  • ürügy 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