ponyva

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Hungarian

Etymology

From a Slavic language, compare Serbo-Croatian ponjava (blanket, bedsheet, cover).

Pronunciation

Noun

ponyva (usually uncountable, plural ponyvák)

  1. canvas
  2. awning
  3. (literature) pulp

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative ponyva ponyvák
accusative ponyvát ponyvákat
dative ponyvának ponyváknak
instrumental ponyvával ponyvákkal
causal-final ponyváért ponyvákért
translative ponyvává ponyvákká
terminative ponyváig ponyvákig
essive-formal ponyvaként ponyvákként
essive-modal
inessive ponyvában ponyvákban
superessive ponyván ponyvákon
adessive ponyvánál ponyváknál
illative ponyvába ponyvákba
sublative ponyvára ponyvákra
allative ponyvához ponyvákhoz
elative ponyvából ponyvákból
delative ponyváról ponyvákról
ablative ponyvától ponyváktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
ponyváé ponyváké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
ponyváéi ponyvákéi
Possessive forms of ponyva
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. ponyvám ponyváim
2nd person sing. ponyvád ponyváid
3rd person sing. ponyvája ponyvái
1st person plural ponyvánk ponyváink
2nd person plural ponyvátok ponyváitok
3rd person plural ponyvájuk ponyváik

Derived terms

Compound words

Further reading

  • ponyva 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