posvány

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Hungarian

Etymology

From an otherwise unattested stem + -vány (“noun-forming suffix indicating the result of action”). The stem is an onomatopoeia and is the same as in the verb poshad (“to stagnate; rot”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

posvány (plural posványok)

  1. bog, swamp, morass, moss
  2. (by extension, literary, derogatory) depravity (moral corruption)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative posvány posványok
accusative posványt posványokat
dative posványnak posványoknak
instrumental posvánnyal posványokkal
causal-final posványért posványokért
translative posvánnyá posványokká
terminative posványig posványokig
essive-formal posványként posványokként
essive-modal — —
inessive posványban posványokban
superessive posványon posványokon
adessive posványnál posványoknál
illative posványba posványokba
sublative posványra posványokra
allative posványhoz posványokhoz
elative posványból posványokból
delative posványról posványokról
ablative posványtól posványoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		posványé posványoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		posványéi posványokéi
Possessive forms of posvány
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. posványom posványaim
2nd person sing. posványod posványaid
3rd person sing. posványa posványai
1st person plural posványunk posványaink
2nd person plural posványotok posványaitok
3rd person plural posványuk posványaik

References

  1. ^ posvány 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

  • posvány 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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