bálvány

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Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from a Slavic language;[1] see Proto-Slavic *bъlvanъ (“statue, idol”) for more.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: bál‧vány
  • Rhymes: -aːɲ

Noun

bálvány (plural bálványok)

  1. idol, image, fetish

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative bálvány bálványok
accusative bálványt bálványokat
dative bálványnak bálványoknak
instrumental bálvánnyal bálványokkal
causal-final bálványért bálványokért
translative bálvánnyá bálványokká
terminative bálványig bálványokig
essive-formal bálványként bálványokként
essive-modal — —
inessive bálványban bálványokban
superessive bálványon bálványokon
adessive bálványnál bálványoknál
illative bálványba bálványokba
sublative bálványra bálványokra
allative bálványhoz bálványokhoz
elative bálványból bálványokból
delative bálványról bálványokról
ablative bálványtól bálványoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		bálványé bálványoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		bálványéi bálványokéi
Possessive forms of bálvány
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. bálványom bálványaim
2nd person sing. bálványod bálványaid
3rd person sing. bálványa bálványai
1st person plural bálványunk bálványaink
2nd person plural bálványotok bálványaitok
3rd person plural bálványuk bálványaik

Derived terms

Compound words

References

  1. ^ bálvány 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

  • bálvány 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
  • bálvány 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).
  • Kniezsa, István (1955) “bálvány”, in A magyar nyelv szláv jövevényszavai I–II. [Slavic loanwords in the Hungarian language] (in Hungarian), Budapest: Kairosz Kiadó, page 59
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