From obsolete pillanik (“to open and close with a sudden movement <of an eyelid>”) + -at (noun-forming suffix). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries. [1] Compare English blink of an eye or Polish w mgnieniu oka.
pillanat (plural pillanatok)
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | pillanat | pillanatok |
| accusative | pillanatot | pillanatokat |
| dative | pillanatnak | pillanatoknak |
| instrumental | pillanattal | pillanatokkal |
| causal-final | pillanatért | pillanatokért |
| translative | pillanattá | pillanatokká |
| terminative | pillanatig | pillanatokig |
| essive-formal | pillanatként | pillanatokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | pillanatban | pillanatokban |
| superessive | pillanaton | pillanatokon |
| adessive | pillanatnál | pillanatoknál |
| illative | pillanatba | pillanatokba |
| sublative | pillanatra | pillanatokra |
| allative | pillanathoz | pillanatokhoz |
| elative | pillanatból | pillanatokból |
| delative | pillanatról | pillanatokról |
| ablative | pillanattól | pillanatoktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
pillanaté | pillanatoké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
pillanatéi | pillanatokéi |
| Possessive forms of pillanat | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | pillanatom | pillanataim |
| 2nd person sing. | pillanatod | pillanataid |
| 3rd person sing. | pillanata | pillanatai |
| 1st person plural | pillanatunk | pillanataink |
| 2nd person plural | pillanatotok | pillanataitok |
| 3rd person plural | pillanatuk | pillanataik |
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