becsvágy

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Hungarian

Etymology

becs +‎ vágy, created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.

Pronunciation

Noun

becsvágy (plural becsvágyak)

  1. ambition
    Synonym: ambíció

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative becsvágy becsvágyak
accusative becsvágyat becsvágyakat
dative becsvágynak becsvágyaknak
instrumental becsvággyal becsvágyakkal
causal-final becsvágyért becsvágyakért
translative becsvággyá becsvágyakká
terminative becsvágyig becsvágyakig
essive-formal becsvágyként becsvágyakként
essive-modal
inessive becsvágyban becsvágyakban
superessive becsvágyon becsvágyakon
adessive becsvágynál becsvágyaknál
illative becsvágyba becsvágyakba
sublative becsvágyra becsvágyakra
allative becsvágyhoz becsvágyakhoz
elative becsvágyból becsvágyakból
delative becsvágyról becsvágyakról
ablative becsvágytól becsvágyaktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
becsvágyé becsvágyaké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
becsvágyéi becsvágyakéi
Possessive forms of becsvágy
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. becsvágyam becsvágyaim
2nd person sing. becsvágyad becsvágyaid
3rd person sing. becsvágya becsvágyai
1st person plural becsvágyunk becsvágyaink
2nd person plural becsvágyatok becsvágyaitok
3rd person plural becsvágyuk becsvágyaik

Further reading

  • becsvágy 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
  • becsvágy 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).