From erdő (“forest”) + Old Hungarian elü, elv (“a region beyond something”),[1] literally “the region beyond the forest”.[2]
Erdély
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | Erdély | — |
accusative | Erdélyt | — |
dative | Erdélynek | — |
instrumental | Erdéllyel | — |
causal-final | Erdélyért | — |
translative | Erdéllyé | — |
terminative | Erdélyig | — |
essive-formal | Erdélyként | — |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | Erdélyben | — |
superessive | Erdélyen | — |
adessive | Erdélynél | — |
illative | Erdélybe | — |
sublative | Erdélyre | — |
allative | Erdélyhez | — |
elative | Erdélyből | — |
delative | Erdélyről | — |
ablative | Erdélytől | — |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
Erdélyé | — |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
Erdélyéi | — |
Possessive forms of Erdély | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | Erdélyem | — |
2nd person sing. | Erdélyed | — |
3rd person sing. | Erdélye | — |
1st person plural | Erdélyünk | — |
2nd person plural | Erdélyetek | — |
3rd person plural | Erdélyük | — |