hajdani

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Hungarian

Etymology

hajdan (long ago) +‎ -i (adjective-forming suffix)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: haj‧da‧ni
  • Rhymes: -ni

Adjective

hajdani (not comparable)

  1. former, long-ago, old-world, of the past (of, or relating to the ancient world or former times)
    Synonym: egykori

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative hajdani hajdaniak
accusative hajdanit hajdaniakat
dative hajdaninak hajdaniaknak
instrumental hajdanival hajdaniakkal
causal-final hajdaniért hajdaniakért
translative hajdanivá hajdaniakká
terminative hajdaniig hajdaniakig
essive-formal hajdaniként hajdaniakként
essive-modal
inessive hajdaniban hajdaniakban
superessive hajdanin hajdaniakon
adessive hajdaninál hajdaniaknál
illative hajdaniba hajdaniakba
sublative hajdanira hajdaniakra
allative hajdanihoz hajdaniakhoz
elative hajdaniból hajdaniakból
delative hajdaniról hajdaniakról
ablative hajdanitól hajdaniaktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
hajdanié hajdaniaké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
hajdaniéi hajdaniakéi

Further reading

  • hajdani 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