repkény
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Hungarian
Etymology
First attested in 1784. Native Hungarian derivation. From the same *rep- stem as in repül (“to fly”) + -ény (noun-forming suffix). Reintroduced by Ferenc Kazinczy during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries from a Transylvanian dialectal word in the sense of borostyán.
Pronunciation
Noun
repkény (plural repkények)
- ground ivy (any of the flowering plants of the genus Glechoma)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | repkény | repkények |
| accusative | repkényt | repkényeket |
| dative | repkénynek | repkényeknek |
| instrumental | repkénnyel | repkényekkel |
| causal-final | repkényért | repkényekért |
| translative | repkénnyé | repkényekké |
| terminative | repkényig | repkényekig |
| essive-formal | repkényként | repkényekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | repkényben | repkényekben |
| superessive | repkényen | repkényeken |
| adessive | repkénynél | repkényeknél |
| illative | repkénybe | repkényekbe |
| sublative | repkényre | repkényekre |
| allative | repkényhez | repkényekhez |
| elative | repkényből | repkényekből |
| delative | repkényről | repkényekről |
| ablative | repkénytől | repkényektől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
repkényé | repkényeké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
repkényéi | repkényekéi |
| Possessive forms of repkény | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | repkényem | repkényeim |
| 2nd person sing. | repkényed | repkényeid |
| 3rd person sing. | repkénye | repkényei |
| 1st person plural | repkényünk | repkényeink |
| 2nd person plural | repkényetek | repkényeitek |
| 3rd person plural | repkényük | repkényeik |
Derived terms
Expressions
References
- ^ repkény in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN
- ^ repkény in Gerstner, Károly (ed.). Új magyar etimológiai szótár. (’New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian’). Beta version. Budapest, MTA Nyelvtudományi Intézet / Magyar Nyelvtudományi Kutatóközpont, 2011–2022. (Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary). Language abbreviations
Further reading
- repkény 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