csipetnyi

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Hungarian

Etymology

csipet (“pinch”) +‎ -nyi (“as much as”, adjective-forming suffix)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: csi‧pet‧nyi
  • Rhymes: -ɲi

Adjective

csipetnyi (not comparable)

  1. pinch (a small amount of powder or granules, such that the amount could be held between fingertip and thumb tip)
    egy csipetnyi só ― a pinch of salt

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative csipetnyi csipetnyiek
accusative csipetnyit csipetnyieket
dative csipetnyinek csipetnyieknek
instrumental csipetnyivel csipetnyiekkel
causal-final csipetnyiért csipetnyiekért
translative csipetnyivé csipetnyiekké
terminative csipetnyiig csipetnyiekig
essive-formal csipetnyiként csipetnyiekként
essive-modal — —
inessive csipetnyiben csipetnyiekben
superessive csipetnyin csipetnyieken
adessive csipetnyinél csipetnyieknél
illative csipetnyibe csipetnyiekbe
sublative csipetnyire csipetnyiekre
allative csipetnyihez csipetnyiekhez
elative csipetnyiből csipetnyiekből
delative csipetnyiről csipetnyiekről
ablative csipetnyitől csipetnyiektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		csipetnyié csipetnyieké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		csipetnyiéi csipetnyiekéi

Further reading

  • csipetnyi 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
  • csipetnyi 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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