lyuk

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Hungarian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Uralic *lowkke (hole, opening, cavity, hollow).

Pronunciation

Noun

lyuk (plural lyukak)

  1. hole, opening, aperture
    Synonyms: nyílás, rés, repedés, hasadék, hasíték, hasadás
  2. burrow, hollow, lair (e.g. of an animal)
    Synonyms: üreg, odú
  3. (colloquial) hole, den, hovel (an undesirable place to live or visit)
  4. dental cavity (a small or large hole in a tooth caused by caries)
    Synonym: foglyuk

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative lyuk lyukak
accusative lyukat lyukakat
dative lyuknak lyukaknak
instrumental lyukkal lyukakkal
causal-final lyukért lyukakért
translative lyukká lyukakká
terminative lyukig lyukakig
essive-formal lyukként lyukakként
essive-modal
inessive lyukban lyukakban
superessive lyukon lyukakon
adessive lyuknál lyukaknál
illative lyukba lyukakba
sublative lyukra lyukakra
allative lyukhoz lyukakhoz
elative lyukból lyukakból
delative lyukról lyukakról
ablative lyuktól lyukaktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
lyuké lyukaké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
lyukéi lyukakéi
Possessive forms of lyuk
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. lyukam lyukaim
2nd person sing. lyukad lyukaid
3rd person sing. lyuka lyukai
1st person plural lyukunk lyukaink
2nd person plural lyukatok lyukaitok
3rd person plural lyukuk lyukaik

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See also

References

  1. ^ Entry #493 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. ^ lyuk 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

  • lyuk 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