báty

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See also: baty, Baty, and baty-

Hungarian

Etymology

From bátya, see below.

Pronunciation

Noun

báty (plural bátyok)

  1. (chiefly with a possessive suffix) older brother, big brother
    Hypernyms: (sibling) testvér, (brother) fiútestvér, (brother; slightly dated) fivér
    Coordinate term: nővér

Usage notes

Similarly to the case of nagybátya (“uncle”, dated), suffixed forms of bátya have been reinterpreted (reanalyzed) as having the stem báty (compare nagybáty, currently standard), so the latter forms (báty and nagybáty) are the usual base forms today. Nevertheless, relationship terms are normally used in Hungarian with possessive suffixes (see the second chart below).

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative báty bátyok
accusative bátyot bátyokat
dative bátynak bátyoknak
instrumental báttyal bátyokkal
causal-final bátyért bátyokért
translative báttyá bátyokká
terminative bátyig bátyokig
essive-formal bátyként bátyokként
essive-modal — —
inessive bátyban bátyokban
superessive bátyon bátyokon
adessive bátynál bátyoknál
illative bátyba bátyokba
sublative bátyra bátyokra
allative bátyhoz bátyokhoz
elative bátyból bátyokból
delative bátyról bátyokról
ablative bátytól bátyoktól
non-attributive
possessive – singular 		bátyé bátyoké
non-attributive
possessive – plural 		bátyéi bátyokéi
Possessive forms of báty
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. bátyám bátyáim (bátyjaim)
2nd person sing. bátyád bátyáid (bátyjaid)
3rd person sing. bátyja bátyái (bátyjai)
1st person plural bátyánk bátyáink (bátyjaink)
2nd person plural bátyátok bátyáitok (bátyjaitok)
3rd person plural bátyjuk bátyáik (bátyjaik)

Further reading

  • bátya 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
  • báty 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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