héja
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Hungarian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From the interjection hej.
Alternative forms
- héjja (archaic spelling)
Noun
héja (plural héják)
Usage notes
Unlike hawk in English, héja is not used in Hungarian to describe any hawks in the subfamily Buteoninae, e.g., the common buzzard; rather, one should use the word ölyv.
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | héja | héják |
| accusative | héját | héjákat |
| dative | héjának | héjáknak |
| instrumental | héjával | héjákkal |
| causal-final | héjáért | héjákért |
| translative | héjává | héjákká |
| terminative | héjáig | héjákig |
| essive-formal | héjaként | héjákként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | héjában | héjákban |
| superessive | héján | héjákon |
| adessive | héjánál | héjáknál |
| illative | héjába | héjákba |
| sublative | héjára | héjákra |
| allative | héjához | héjákhoz |
| elative | héjából | héjákból |
| delative | héjáról | héjákról |
| ablative | héjától | héjáktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
héjáé | héjáké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
héjáéi | héjákéi |
| Possessive forms of héja | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | héjám | héjáim |
| 2nd person sing. | héjád | héjáid |
| 3rd person sing. | héjája | héjái |
| 1st person plural | héjánk | héjáink |
| 2nd person plural | héjátok | héjáitok |
| 3rd person plural | héjájuk | héjáik |
Etymology 2
héj (“peel, shell, skin, rind, husk”) + -a (possessive suffix)
Noun
héja
- third-person singular single-possession possessive of héj
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | héja | — |
| accusative | héját | — |
| dative | héjának | — |
| instrumental | héjával | — |
| causal-final | héjáért | — |
| translative | héjává | — |
| terminative | héjáig | — |
| essive-formal | héjaként | — |
| essive-modal | héjául | — |
| inessive | héjában | — |
| superessive | héján | — |
| adessive | héjánál | — |
| illative | héjába | — |
| sublative | héjára | — |
| allative | héjához | — |
| elative | héjából | — |
| delative | héjáról | — |
| ablative | héjától | — |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
héjáé | — |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
héjáéi | — |
Further reading
- héja 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