hüvelyk

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Hungarian

Etymology

From hüvely.

Pronunciation

Noun

hüvelyk (plural hüvelykek)

  1. thumb (digit)
  2. inch

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative hüvelyk hüvelykek
accusative hüvelyket hüvelykeket
dative hüvelyknek hüvelykeknek
instrumental hüvelykkel hüvelykekkel
causal-final hüvelykért hüvelykekért
translative hüvelykké hüvelykekké
terminative hüvelykig hüvelykekig
essive-formal hüvelykként hüvelykekként
essive-modal
inessive hüvelykben hüvelykekben
superessive hüvelyken hüvelykeken
adessive hüvelyknél hüvelykeknél
illative hüvelykbe hüvelykekbe
sublative hüvelykre hüvelykekre
allative hüvelykhez hüvelykekhez
elative hüvelykből hüvelykekből
delative hüvelykről hüvelykekről
ablative hüvelyktől hüvelykektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
hüvelyké hüvelykeké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
hüvelykéi hüvelykekéi
Possessive forms of hüvelyk
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. hüvelykem hüvelykjeim
2nd person sing. hüvelyked hüvelykjeid
3rd person sing. hüvelykje hüvelykjei
1st person plural hüvelykünk hüvelykjeink
2nd person plural hüvelyketek hüvelykjeitek
3rd person plural hüvelykjük hüvelykjeik

Derived terms

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See also

Further reading

  • hüvelyk 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