múmia
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Hungarian
Etymology
From German Mumie, from Italian mummia, from Arabic مُومِيَاء (mūmiyāʔ), from Persian مومیا (mumyâ), from موم (mum, “wax”).
Pronunciation
Noun
múmia (plural múmiák)
- mummy (an embalmed corpse wrapped in linen bandages for burial, especially as practised by the ancient Egyptians)
- (derogatory) skinny, emaciated person (skin and bones, wrinkly)
- Úgy néz ki, mint egy múmia. ― He/she looks like a mummy.
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | múmia | múmiák |
| accusative | múmiát | múmiákat |
| dative | múmiának | múmiáknak |
| instrumental | múmiával | múmiákkal |
| causal-final | múmiáért | múmiákért |
| translative | múmiává | múmiákká |
| terminative | múmiáig | múmiákig |
| essive-formal | múmiaként | múmiákként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | múmiában | múmiákban |
| superessive | múmián | múmiákon |
| adessive | múmiánál | múmiáknál |
| illative | múmiába | múmiákba |
| sublative | múmiára | múmiákra |
| allative | múmiához | múmiákhoz |
| elative | múmiából | múmiákból |
| delative | múmiáról | múmiákról |
| ablative | múmiától | múmiáktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
múmiáé | múmiáké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
múmiáéi | múmiákéi |
| Possessive forms of múmia | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | múmiám | múmiáim |
| 2nd person sing. | múmiád | múmiáid |
| 3rd person sing. | múmiája | múmiái |
| 1st person plural | múmiánk | múmiáink |
| 2nd person plural | múmiátok | múmiáitok |
| 3rd person plural | múmiájuk | múmiáik |
References
- ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN
Further reading
- múmia 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
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from classical Arabic مُومِيَاء (mūmiyāʔ), from Persian مومیا (mumyâ), from موم (mum, “wax”).
Pronunciation
Noun
múmia f (plural múmias)
- mummy (embalmed cadaver)