atya

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Hungarian

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Uralic *attɜ (“father, grandfather”) + -a (diminutive suffix or possessive suffix). It is also possible that it originates from infant talk.[1][2] Cognates include Erzya атя (aťa) and Udmurt атай (ataj).

Pronunciation

Noun

atya (plural atyák)

  1. (family, archaic) Synonym of apa (“father”, male parent).
  2. (Christianity, Judaism) Father (God)
  3. (occupation, also as part of a phrase with the given name) father (priest)
  4. (chiefly with a possessive suffix) father (the first person who made major contribution to a field of science, art, literature, etc.)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative atya atyák
accusative atyát atyákat
dative atyának atyáknak
instrumental atyával atyákkal
causal-final atyáért atyákért
translative atyává atyákká
terminative atyáig atyákig
essive-formal atyaként atyákként
essive-modal atyául —
inessive atyában atyákban
superessive atyán atyákon
adessive atyánál atyáknál
illative atyába atyákba
sublative atyára atyákra
allative atyához atyákhoz
elative atyából atyákból
delative atyáról atyákról
ablative atyától atyáktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		atyáé atyáké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		atyáéi atyákéi
Possessive forms of atya
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. atyám atyáim (atyjaim)
2nd person sing. atyád atyáid (atyjaid)
3rd person sing. atyja atyái (atyjai)
1st person plural atyánk atyáink (atyjaink)
2nd person plural atyátok atyáitok (atyjaitok)
3rd person plural atyjuk atyáik (atyjaik)

Derived terms

Compound words with this term at the beginning
Compound words with this term at the end

References

  1. ^ atya 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.)
  2. ^ atya in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN

Further reading

  • atya 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
  • atya 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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