fejfa
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Hungarian
Etymology
From fej (“head”) + fa (“tree, wood”).
Pronunciation
Noun
fejfa (plural fejfák)
- grave-post (a type of grave marker typically made from wood, but can also be made from stone or other materials)
- Coordinate term: sírkő
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | fejfa | fejfák |
| accusative | fejfát | fejfákat |
| dative | fejfának | fejfáknak |
| instrumental | fejfával | fejfákkal |
| causal-final | fejfáért | fejfákért |
| translative | fejfává | fejfákká |
| terminative | fejfáig | fejfákig |
| essive-formal | fejfaként | fejfákként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | fejfában | fejfákban |
| superessive | fejfán | fejfákon |
| adessive | fejfánál | fejfáknál |
| illative | fejfába | fejfákba |
| sublative | fejfára | fejfákra |
| allative | fejfához | fejfákhoz |
| elative | fejfából | fejfákból |
| delative | fejfáról | fejfákról |
| ablative | fejfától | fejfáktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
fejfáé | fejfáké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
fejfáéi | fejfákéi |
| Possessive forms of fejfa | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | fejfám | fejfáim |
| 2nd person sing. | fejfád | fejfáid |
| 3rd person sing. | fejfája | fejfái |
| 1st person plural | fejfánk | fejfáink |
| 2nd person plural | fejfátok | fejfáitok |
| 3rd person plural | fejfájuk | fejfáik |
Related terms
Further reading
- fejfa 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