apai

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Hungarian

Etymology

apa (“father”) +‎ -i (adjective-forming suffix)

Pronunciation

Adjective

apai (not generally comparable, comparative apaibb, superlative legapaibb)

  1. paternal
    Antonym: anyai

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative apai apaiak
accusative apait apaiakat
dative apainak apaiaknak
instrumental apaival apaiakkal
causal-final apaiért apaiakért
translative apaivá apaiakká
terminative apaiig apaiakig
essive-formal apaiként apaiakként
essive-modal — —
inessive apaiban apaiakban
superessive apain apaiakon
adessive apainál apaiaknál
illative apaiba apaiakba
sublative apaira apaiakra
allative apaihoz apaiakhoz
elative apaiból apaiakból
delative apairól apaiakról
ablative apaitól apaiaktól
non-attributive
possessive – singular 		apaié apaiaké
non-attributive
possessive – plural 		apaiéi apaiakéi

Further reading

  • apai 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
  • apai 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).

Iban

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.pai̯/
  • Hyphenation: a‧pai

Noun

apai

  1. father
  2. (Christianity) God, the Father
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