alkony

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: al‧kony
  • Rhymes: -oɲ

Noun

alkony (plural alkonyok)

  1. (poetic, preferred in compounds) dusk, twilight, nightfall
    Synonym: alkonyat

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative alkony alkonyok
accusative alkonyt alkonyokat
dative alkonynak alkonyoknak
instrumental alkonnyal alkonyokkal
causal-final alkonyért alkonyokért
translative alkonnyá alkonyokká
terminative alkonyig alkonyokig
essive-formal alkonyként alkonyokként
essive-modal
inessive alkonyban alkonyokban
superessive alkonyon alkonyokon
adessive alkonynál alkonyoknál
illative alkonyba alkonyokba
sublative alkonyra alkonyokra
allative alkonyhoz alkonyokhoz
elative alkonyból alkonyokból
delative alkonyról alkonyokról
ablative alkonytól alkonyoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
alkonyé alkonyoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
alkonyéi alkonyokéi
Possessive forms of alkony
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. alkonyom alkonyaim
2nd person sing. alkonyod alkonyaid
3rd person sing. alkonya alkonyai
1st person plural alkonyunk alkonyaink
2nd person plural alkonyotok alkonyaitok
3rd person plural alkonyuk alkonyaik

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Further reading

  • alkony 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
  • alkony in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).