horgany

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Hungarian

Etymology

Blend of horog +‎ arany. Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

horgany (plural horganyok)

  1. (technical) zinc
    Synonym: cink

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative horgany horganyok
accusative horganyt horganyokat
dative horganynak horganyoknak
instrumental horgannyal horganyokkal
causal-final horganyért horganyokért
translative horgannyá horganyokká
terminative horganyig horganyokig
essive-formal horganyként horganyokként
essive-modal
inessive horganyban horganyokban
superessive horganyon horganyokon
adessive horganynál horganyoknál
illative horganyba horganyokba
sublative horganyra horganyokra
allative horganyhoz horganyokhoz
elative horganyból horganyokból
delative horganyról horganyokról
ablative horganytól horganyoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
horganyé horganyoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
horganyéi horganyokéi
Possessive forms of horgany
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. horganyom horganyaim
2nd person sing. horganyod horganyaid
3rd person sing. horganya horganyai
1st person plural horganyunk horganyaink
2nd person plural horganyotok horganyaitok
3rd person plural horganyuk horganyaik

References

  1. ^ “Tótfalusi István: Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), 2016 June 20 (last accessed), archived from the original on 31 May 2012

Further reading

  • horgany 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