dédi

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Hungarian

Etymology

From déd- +‎ -i (diminutive suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

dédi (plural dédik)

  1. (informal) great-grandma
    Synonyms: dédanya, dédnagymama, dédnagyanya

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative dédi dédik
accusative dédit dédiket
dative dédinek dédiknek
instrumental dédivel dédikkel
causal-final dédiért dédikért
translative dédivé dédikké
terminative dédiig dédikig
essive-formal dédiként dédikként
essive-modal
inessive dédiben dédikben
superessive dédin dédiken
adessive dédinél dédiknél
illative dédibe dédikbe
sublative dédire dédikre
allative dédihez dédikhez
elative dédiből dédikből
delative dédiről dédikről
ablative déditől dédiktől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
dédié dédiké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
dédiéi dédikéi
Possessive forms of dédi
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. dédim dédijeim(or dédiim)
2nd person sing. dédid dédijeid(or dédiid)
3rd person sing. dédije dédijei(or dédii)
1st person plural dédink dédijeink(or dédiink)
2nd person plural déditek dédijeitek(or dédiitek)
3rd person plural dédijük dédijeik(or dédiik)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ dédi in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

  • dédi 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).