bugyi

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Hungarian

Etymology

Clipping and -i diminutive of the dated bugyogó (knickers).

Pronunciation

Noun

bugyi (plural bugyik)

  1. knickers (UK), panties (US)
    Hypernym: fehérnemű
    Coordinate terms: (both: men’s underwear) alsónadrág, gatya

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative bugyi bugyik
accusative bugyit bugyikat
dative bugyinak bugyiknak
instrumental bugyival bugyikkal
causal-final bugyiért bugyikért
translative bugyivá bugyikká
terminative bugyiig bugyikig
essive-formal bugyiként bugyikként
essive-modal
inessive bugyiban bugyikban
superessive bugyin bugyikon
adessive bugyinál bugyiknál
illative bugyiba bugyikba
sublative bugyira bugyikra
allative bugyihoz bugyikhoz
elative bugyiból bugyikból
delative bugyiról bugyikról
ablative bugyitól bugyiktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
bugyié bugyiké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
bugyiéi bugyikéi
Possessive forms of bugyi
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. bugyim bugyijaim
2nd person sing. bugyid bugyijaid
3rd person sing. bugyija bugyijai
1st person plural bugyink bugyijaink
2nd person plural bugyitok bugyijaitok
3rd person plural bugyijuk bugyijaik

Further reading

  • bugyi 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
  • bugyi in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)