alany

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Hungarian

Etymology

From al- + -any, patterned after Latin subjectum. Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

alany (plural alanyok)

  1. (grammar) subject (word or word group that is dealt with)
    Az alany a két fő mondatrész egyike. ― The subject is one of the two main constituents of a sentence.
  2. subject (human, animal or an inanimate object that is being examined)
    kísérleti alany ― experimental subject

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative alany alanyok
accusative alanyt alanyokat
dative alanynak alanyoknak
instrumental alannyal alanyokkal
causal-final alanyért alanyokért
translative alannyá alanyokká
terminative alanyig alanyokig
essive-formal alanyként alanyokként
essive-modal — —
inessive alanyban alanyokban
superessive alanyon alanyokon
adessive alanynál alanyoknál
illative alanyba alanyokba
sublative alanyra alanyokra
allative alanyhoz alanyokhoz
elative alanyból alanyokból
delative alanyról alanyokról
ablative alanytól alanyoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		alanyé alanyoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		alanyéi alanyokéi
Possessive forms of alany
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. alanyom alanyaim
2nd person sing. alanyod alanyaid
3rd person sing. alanya alanyai
1st person plural alanyunk alanyaink
2nd person plural alanyotok alanyaitok
3rd person plural alanyuk alanyaik

Derived terms

Compound words

See also

References

  1. ^ alany 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

  • alany 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
  • alany 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).
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