leány

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See also: leany

Hungarian

Etymology

Probably a compound word. From Proto-Ugric *lᴕjɜ (“small, young or weak, feeble”) + the stem of the noun anya (“mother”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: le‧ány
  • Rhymes: -aːɲ

Noun

leány (plural leányok)

  1. (literary or dated) Alternative form of lány, girl
    Coordinate terms: fiú, legény
  2. (literary or dated, especially with possessive personal suffixes) Alternative form of lány, daughter
    Coordinate term: fiú (with possessive personal suffixes, cf. fia)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative leány leányok
accusative leányt leányokat
dative leánynak leányoknak
instrumental leánnyal leányokkal
causal-final leányért leányokért
translative leánnyá leányokká
terminative leányig leányokig
essive-formal leányként leányokként
essive-modal — —
inessive leányban leányokban
superessive leányon leányokon
adessive leánynál leányoknál
illative leányba leányokba
sublative leányra leányokra
allative leányhoz leányokhoz
elative leányból leányokból
delative leányról leányokról
ablative leánytól leányoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		leányé leányoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		leányéi leányokéi
Possessive forms of leány
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. leányom leányaim
2nd person sing. leányod leányaid
3rd person sing. leánya leányai
1st person plural leányunk leányaink
2nd person plural leányotok leányaitok
3rd person plural leányuk leányaik

Derived terms

Compound words

References

  1. ^ Entry #1796 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. ^ leány 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

  • leány 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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