lepke
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See also: lepké
Hungarian
Etymology
From Proto-Uralic *lȣ̈ppɜ (“butterfly”). Cognates include Southern Mansi лӓпӓх (läpäh), Northern Mansi ла̄панты (lāpanty, “butterfly”) (Sosva), Livvi liipoi (“butterfly”), and Eastern Mari лыве (lyve, “butterfly”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
lepke (plural lepkék)
- butterfly
- (zoology) a member of the order Lepidoptera (including butterflies, moths, and skippers)
- Hyponym: moly
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | lepke | lepkék |
| accusative | lepkét | lepkéket |
| dative | lepkének | lepkéknek |
| instrumental | lepkével | lepkékkel |
| causal-final | lepkéért | lepkékért |
| translative | lepkévé | lepkékké |
| terminative | lepkéig | lepkékig |
| essive-formal | lepkeként | lepkékként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | lepkében | lepkékben |
| superessive | lepkén | lepkéken |
| adessive | lepkénél | lepkéknél |
| illative | lepkébe | lepkékbe |
| sublative | lepkére | lepkékre |
| allative | lepkéhez | lepkékhez |
| elative | lepkéből | lepkékből |
| delative | lepkéről | lepkékről |
| ablative | lepkétől | lepkéktől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
lepkéé | lepkéké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
lepkééi | lepkékéi |
| Possessive forms of lepke | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | lepkém | lepkéim |
| 2nd person sing. | lepkéd | lepkéid |
| 3rd person sing. | lepkéje | lepkéi |
| 1st person plural | lepkénk | lepkéink |
| 2nd person plural | lepkétek | lepkéitek |
| 3rd person plural | lepkéjük | lepkéik |
Derived terms
Compound words
References
- ^ Entry #508 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
Further reading
- lepke 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