mandula

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Hungarian

mandula

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian. Compare Italian mandorlo.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

mandula (plural mandulák)

  1. almond
  2. (anatomy) tonsil (organ)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative mandula mandulák
accusative mandulát mandulákat
dative mandulának manduláknak
instrumental mandulával mandulákkal
causal-final manduláért mandulákért
translative mandulává mandulákká
terminative manduláig mandulákig
essive-formal mandulaként mandulákként
essive-modal
inessive mandulában mandulákban
superessive mandulán mandulákon
adessive mandulánál manduláknál
illative mandulába mandulákba
sublative mandulára mandulákra
allative mandulához mandulákhoz
elative mandulából mandulákból
delative manduláról mandulákról
ablative mandulától manduláktól
non-attributive
possessive – singular
manduláé manduláké
non-attributive
possessive – plural
manduláéi mandulákéi
Possessive forms of mandula
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. mandulám manduláim
2nd person sing. mandulád manduláid
3rd person sing. mandulája mandulái
1st person plural mandulánk manduláink
2nd person plural mandulátok manduláitok
3rd person plural mandulájuk manduláik

Derived terms

(Compound words):

Descendants

  • Pannonian Rusyn: мандуля (mandulja)

References

  1. ^ mandula 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

  • (almond): mandula 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
  • (tonsil): mandula 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

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian mandorla, from Vulgar Latin amandula, from Latin amygdala, from Ancient Greek ἀμυγδάλη (amugdálē).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mândula/
  • Hyphenation: man‧du‧la

Noun

mȁndula f (Cyrillic spelling ма̏ндула)

  1. (regional) almond
    Synonym: badem
  2. (in the plural) tonsil (organ)

Declension

References

  • mandula”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025