From Proto-Uralic *jänte. Cognates include Northern Mansi я̄нтэв (â̄ntèv, “bowstring”) and Finnish jänne (“tendon, sinew; bowstring”). The original Hungarian meaning was bowstring. The meaning nerve was introduced by Ferenc Toldy during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.[1][2]
ideg (plural idegek)
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | ideg | idegek |
| accusative | ideget | idegeket |
| dative | idegnek | idegeknek |
| instrumental | ideggel | idegekkel |
| causal-final | idegért | idegekért |
| translative | ideggé | idegekké |
| terminative | idegig | idegekig |
| essive-formal | idegként | idegekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | idegben | idegekben |
| superessive | idegen | idegeken |
| adessive | idegnél | idegeknél |
| illative | idegbe | idegekbe |
| sublative | idegre | idegekre |
| allative | ideghez | idegekhez |
| elative | idegből | idegekből |
| delative | idegről | idegekről |
| ablative | idegtől | idegektől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
idegé | idegeké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
idegéi | idegekéi |
| Possessive forms of ideg | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | idegem | idegeim |
| 2nd person sing. | ideged | idegeid |
| 3rd person sing. | idege | idegei |
| 1st person plural | idegünk | idegeink |
| 2nd person plural | idegetek | idegeitek |
| 3rd person plural | idegük | idegeik |