agy
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agy
Hungarian
Etymology
From Proto-Finno-Ugric *ajŋe (“brain”), cognate to Finnish aivot and Estonian aju.[1] Earlier compared with e.g. Finnish otsa (“forehead”), Komi-Zyrian водз (vodź, “fore, front”), Komi-Permyak одз (odź, “front part”) and derived from a suggested Finno-Ugric root *ońća,[2][3] but most of these words are today considered to be loanwords derived by various routes from Proto-Indo-European *h₂entíos (“front part, forehead”). Reintroduced by Ferenc Toldy during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries..
Pronunciation
Noun
agy (plural agyak)
- (anatomy) brain (control center of the central nervous system), (in compounds) cerebral (of or relating to the brain)
- agykárosodás ― brain damage
- agykéreg ― cerebral cortex
- (mostly in set phrases) brains, mind, intellect (the figurative substance of a brain; mental ability)
- butt (of a rifle or pistol)
- 2012, Miklós Gábor Kövesdi (translator), Kathy Reichs, A csontok nem hazudnak (Deadly Décisions), Ulpius-ház →ISBN, chapter 31, page 310:
- Szabad kezével a cipzárján kezdett matatni. Mikor kinyitotta, láttam, hogy egy 38-as agya lóg ki a derékövéből.
- With his free hand Tank fumbled with the zipper of his jacket. When it opened I could see the butt of a .38 tucked into his waistband.
- 2012, Miklós Gábor Kövesdi (translator), Kathy Reichs, A csontok nem hazudnak (Deadly Décisions), Ulpius-ház →ISBN, chapter 31, page 310:
- hub (of a wheel)
- Synonym: kerékagy
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | agy | agyak |
| accusative | agyat | agyakat |
| dative | agynak | agyaknak |
| instrumental | aggyal | agyakkal |
| causal-final | agyért | agyakért |
| translative | aggyá | agyakká |
| terminative | agyig | agyakig |
| essive-formal | agyként | agyakként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | agyban | agyakban |
| superessive | agyon | agyakon |
| adessive | agynál | agyaknál |
| illative | agyba | agyakba |
| sublative | agyra | agyakra |
| allative | agyhoz | agyakhoz |
| elative | agyból | agyakból |
| delative | agyról | agyakról |
| ablative | agytól | agyaktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
agyé | agyaké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
agyéi | agyakéi |
| Possessive forms of agy | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | agyam | agyaim |
| 2nd person sing. | agyad | agyaid |
| 3rd person sing. | agya | agyai |
| 1st person plural | agyunk | agyaink |
| 2nd person plural | agyatok | agyaitok |
| 3rd person plural | agyuk | agyaik |
Derived terms
Compound words
References
- ^ Aikio, Ante (= Luobbal Sámmol Sámmol Ánte). “Notes on the development of some consonant clusters in Hungarian”. In: Sampsa Holopainen & Janne Saarikivi (eds.), Περὶ ὀρθότητος ἐτύμων. Uusiutuva uralilainen etymologia, Uralica Helsingiensia 11, 2018, pp. 77–90.
- ^ Entry #670 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
- ^ agy 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
- agy 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
- agy in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).