akna

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Estonian

Noun

akna

  1. genitive singular of aken

Hungarian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Hungarian , attested as Acnahege (*aknahegy) (1197/1337), Akana (1222), akonájá (1621). Ultimately from a Slavic language, from Proto-Slavic *okъno (window). The sense ‘explosive device’ came into being by ellipsis of tűzakna (underground tunnel filled with explosives, literally fire shaft).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: ak‧na
  • Rhymes: -nɒ

Noun

akna (plural aknák)

  1. (mining, architecture) shaft (in a mine; in a building)
    Coordinate terms: táró, tárna (adit)
  2. (military) mine (an explosive device)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative akna aknák
accusative aknát aknákat
dative aknának aknáknak
instrumental aknával aknákkal
causal-final aknáért aknákért
translative aknává aknákká
terminative aknáig aknákig
essive-formal aknaként aknákként
essive-modal
inessive aknában aknákban
superessive aknán aknákon
adessive aknánál aknáknál
illative aknába aknákba
sublative aknára aknákra
allative aknához aknákhoz
elative aknából aknákból
delative aknáról aknákról
ablative aknától aknáktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
aknáé aknáké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
aknáéi aknákéi
Possessive forms of akna
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. aknám aknáim
2nd person sing. aknád aknáid
3rd person sing. aknája aknái
1st person plural aknánk aknáink
2nd person plural aknátok aknáitok
3rd person plural aknájuk aknáik

Derived terms

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References

Further reading

  • (shaft): akna 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
  • (landmine): akna 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
  • (regional alternative form of akona): akna 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
  • akna in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)