néhai

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Hungarian

Etymology

néha (“at some time in the past”, obsolete sense) +‎ -i (adjective-forming suffix)

Pronunciation

Adjective

néhai (not comparable)

  1. (of a person) late (deceased)
  2. former, erstwhile

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative néhai néhaiak
accusative néhait néhaiakat
dative néhainak néhaiaknak
instrumental néhaival néhaiakkal
causal-final néhaiért néhaiakért
translative néhaivá néhaiakká
terminative néhaiig néhaiakig
essive-formal néhaiként néhaiakként
essive-modal — —
inessive néhaiban néhaiakban
superessive néhain néhaiakon
adessive néhainál néhaiaknál
illative néhaiba néhaiakba
sublative néhaira néhaiakra
allative néhaihoz néhaiakhoz
elative néhaiból néhaiakból
delative néhairól néhaiakról
ablative néhaitól néhaiaktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		néhaié néhaiaké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		néhaiéi néhaiakéi

Further reading

  • néhai 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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