anyai

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Hungarian

Etymology

anya (mother) +‎ -i (adjective-forming suffix)

Pronunciation

Adjective

anyai (not generally comparable, comparative anyaibb, superlative leganyaibb)

  1. maternal, motherly
    Coordinate term: apai

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative anyai anyaiak
accusative anyait anyaiakat
dative anyainak anyaiaknak
instrumental anyaival anyaiakkal
causal-final anyaiért anyaiakért
translative anyaivá anyaiakká
terminative anyaiig anyaiakig
essive-formal anyaiként anyaiakként
essive-modal
inessive anyaiban anyaiakban
superessive anyain anyaiakon
adessive anyainál anyaiaknál
illative anyaiba anyaiakba
sublative anyaira anyaiakra
allative anyaihoz anyaiakhoz
elative anyaiból anyaiakból
delative anyairól anyaiakról
ablative anyaitól anyaiaktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
anyaié anyaiaké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
anyaiéi anyaiakéi

Derived terms

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Further reading

  • anyai 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
  • anyai 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).