hangyasav
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Hungarian
Etymology
hangya (“ant”) + sav (“acid”)
Pronunciation
Noun
hangyasav (plural hangyasavak)
- (organic chemistry) formic acid, methanoic acid (the simplest carboxylic acid, HCOOH, a colourless, corrosive liquid with a sharp odour; it is present in the stings of ants, bees and nettles, and is prepared industrially by the oxidation of methanol or formaldehyde)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | hangyasav | hangyasavak |
| accusative | hangyasavat | hangyasavakat |
| dative | hangyasavnak | hangyasavaknak |
| instrumental | hangyasavval | hangyasavakkal |
| causal-final | hangyasavért | hangyasavakért |
| translative | hangyasavvá | hangyasavakká |
| terminative | hangyasavig | hangyasavakig |
| essive-formal | hangyasavként | hangyasavakként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | hangyasavban | hangyasavakban |
| superessive | hangyasavon | hangyasavakon |
| adessive | hangyasavnál | hangyasavaknál |
| illative | hangyasavba | hangyasavakba |
| sublative | hangyasavra | hangyasavakra |
| allative | hangyasavhoz | hangyasavakhoz |
| elative | hangyasavból | hangyasavakból |
| delative | hangyasavról | hangyasavakról |
| ablative | hangyasavtól | hangyasavaktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
hangyasavé | hangyasavaké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
hangyasavéi | hangyasavakéi |
| Possessive forms of hangyasav | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | hangyasavam | hangyasavaim |
| 2nd person sing. | hangyasavad | hangyasavaid |
| 3rd person sing. | hangyasava | hangyasavai |
| 1st person plural | hangyasavunk | hangyasavaink |
| 2nd person plural | hangyasavatok | hangyasavaitok |
| 3rd person plural | hangyasavuk | hangyasavaik |
Further reading
- hangyasav 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