hónalj

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Hungarian

Etymology

hón +‎ alj

Pronunciation

Noun

hónalj (plural hónaljak)

  1. armpit (cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative hónalj hónaljak
accusative hónaljat hónaljakat
dative hónaljnak hónaljaknak
instrumental hónaljjal hónaljakkal
causal-final hónaljért hónaljakért
translative hónaljjá hónaljakká
terminative hónaljig hónaljakig
essive-formal hónaljként hónaljakként
essive-modal
inessive hónaljban hónaljakban
superessive hónaljon hónaljakon
adessive hónaljnál hónaljaknál
illative hónaljba hónaljakba
sublative hónaljra hónaljakra
allative hónaljhoz hónaljakhoz
elative hónaljból hónaljakból
delative hónaljról hónaljakról
ablative hónaljtól hónaljaktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
hónaljé hónaljaké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
hónaljéi hónaljakéi
Possessive forms of hónalj
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. hónaljam hónaljaim
2nd person sing. hónaljad hónaljaid
3rd person sing. hónalja hónaljai
1st person plural hónaljunk hónaljaink
2nd person plural hónaljatok hónaljaitok
3rd person plural hónaljuk hónaljaik

Note: a rarer alternative way of forming the possessive is to form the possessive of hón and then add alja (e.g. hónom alja (my armpit)).

Further reading

  • hónalj 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