hús
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Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse hús, from Proto-Germanic *hūsą.
Pronunciation
Noun
hús n (genitive singular hús, plural hús)
- building
- (only n pl) house (to live in), home, dwelling
- accommodation, dwelling, shelter
- household
- family, people living in one household
Declension
| n11 | Singular | Plural | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | hús | húsið | hús | húsini |
| Accusative | hús | húsið | hús | húsini |
| Dative | húsi | húsinum | húsum | húsunum |
| Genitive | hús | húsins | húsa | húsanna |
Synonyms
- (building): bygningur
- (house): bústaður, sethús
- (accommodation): tilhald, innivist
- (household): húshald
- (people living in one household): húski, húsfólk
Hungarian
Etymology
Perhaps from an Iranian language, compare Persian گوشت (gušt), Northern Kurdish goşt.
Pronunciation
Noun
hús (countable and uncountable, plural húsok)
- flesh (the soft tissue of the body, especially muscle and fat)
- meat (animal tissue regarded as food)
- (countable) a type or a slice/piece of meat
- flesh (the soft, often edible, parts of fruits or vegetables), meat (any relatively thick, solid part of a fruit, nut etc)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | hús | húsok |
| accusative | húst | húsokat |
| dative | húsnak | húsoknak |
| instrumental | hússal | húsokkal |
| causal-final | húsért | húsokért |
| translative | hússá | húsokká |
| terminative | húsig | húsokig |
| essive-formal | húsként | húsokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | húsban | húsokban |
| superessive | húson | húsokon |
| adessive | húsnál | húsoknál |
| illative | húsba | húsokba |
| sublative | húsra | húsokra |
| allative | húshoz | húsokhoz |
| elative | húsból | húsokból |
| delative | húsról | húsokról |
| ablative | hústól | húsoktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
húsé | húsoké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
húséi | húsokéi |
| Possessive forms of hús | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | húsom | húsaim |
| 2nd person sing. | húsod | húsaid |
| 3rd person sing. | húsa | húsai |
| 1st person plural | húsunk | húsaink |
| 2nd person plural | húsotok | húsaitok |
| 3rd person plural | húsuk | húsaik |
Derived terms
Compound words with this term at the beginning
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Expressions
Further reading
- hús 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
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse hús, from Proto-Germanic *hūsą.
Pronunciation
Noun
hús n (genitive singular húss, nominative plural hús)
Declension
declension of hús
Derived terms
Related terms
Irish
Noun
hús
- h-prothesized form of ús
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *hūsą, whence also Old English hūs (English house), Old Frisian hūs, Old Dutch hūs (Dutch huis), Old High German hūs (German Haus, Old Saxon hūs (German Low German Huus).
Noun
hús n (genitive hús, plural hús)
Declension
Declension of hús (strong a-stem)