héj

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word héj. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word héj, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say héj in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word héj you have here. The definition of the word héj will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofhéj, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: hej

Hungarian

Alternative forms

Etymology

First attested in c. 1395. From Proto-Finno-Ugric *koja (“bark, skin”). Cognates include Finnish koja (“bark”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

héj (plural héjak)

  1. shell (egg, nut), skin (apple, onion, potato), peel (orange, lemon), rind (melon), crust (bread), bark (tree)
  2. (chiefly in szemhéj) lid (of the eye)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative héj héjak
accusative héjat héjakat
dative héjnak héjaknak
instrumental héjjal héjakkal
causal-final héjért héjakért
translative héjjá héjakká
terminative héjig héjakig
essive-formal héjként héjakként
essive-modal — —
inessive héjban héjakban
superessive héjon héjakon
adessive héjnál héjaknál
illative héjba héjakba
sublative héjra héjakra
allative héjhoz héjakhoz
elative héjból héjakból
delative héjról héjakról
ablative héjtól héjaktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		héjé héjaké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		héjéi héjakéi
Possessive forms of héj
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. héjam héjaim
2nd person sing. héjad héjaid
3rd person sing. héja héjai
1st person plural héjunk héjaink
2nd person plural héjatok héjaitok
3rd person plural héjuk héjaik

Derived terms

Compound words

References

  1. ^ Entry #328 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. ^ héj in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

  • (peel etc.): héj 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
  • (a folksy synonym of the interjection hej ): héj 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
  • (a folksy synonym of the interjection hej ): héj 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
Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia