burján

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Hungarian

Etymology

From a Slavic language, perhaps from Bulgarian бу́рен (búren) or Serbo-Croatian бу̀рјан. From Proto-Slavic *burьjanъ.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

burján (plural burjánok)

  1. (literary, dialectal) weed
    Synonyms: gyom, gaz

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative burján burjánok
accusative burjánt burjánokat
dative burjánnak burjánoknak
instrumental burjánnal burjánokkal
causal-final burjánért burjánokért
translative burjánná burjánokká
terminative burjánig burjánokig
essive-formal burjánként burjánokként
essive-modal
inessive burjánban burjánokban
superessive burjánon burjánokon
adessive burjánnál burjánoknál
illative burjánba burjánokba
sublative burjánra burjánokra
allative burjánhoz burjánokhoz
elative burjánból burjánokból
delative burjánról burjánokról
ablative burjántól burjánoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
burjáné burjánoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
burjánéi burjánokéi
Possessive forms of burján
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. burjánom burjánjaim
2nd person sing. burjánod burjánjaid
3rd person sing. burjánja burjánjai
1st person plural burjánunk burjánjaink
2nd person plural burjánotok burjánjaitok
3rd person plural burjánjuk burjánjaik

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ burján in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.

Further reading

  • burján 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
  • burján 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).