lágy

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Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *lońća (“soft”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Adjective

lágy (comparative lágyabb, superlative leglágyabb)

  1. soft
    Synonym: puha
    Antonym: kemény

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative lágy lágyak
accusative lágyat lágyakat
dative lágynak lágyaknak
instrumental lággyal lágyakkal
causal-final lágyért lágyakért
translative lággyá lágyakká
terminative lágyig lágyakig
essive-formal lágyként lágyakként
essive-modal — —
inessive lágyban lágyakban
superessive lágyon lágyakon
adessive lágynál lágyaknál
illative lágyba lágyakba
sublative lágyra lágyakra
allative lágyhoz lágyakhoz
elative lágyból lágyakból
delative lágyról lágyakról
ablative lágytól lágyaktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		lágyé lágyaké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		lágyéi lágyakéi

Derived terms

Compound words

References

  1. ^ Entry #491 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. ^ lágy 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

  • lágy 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
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