savanyú
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Hungarian
Etymology
From Proto-Finno-Ugric *čappa + -ny (“nominal-forming suffix”) + -ú (“adjective-forming suffix”). Cognates include Finnish hapan and Estonian hapu.[1]
Pronunciation
Adjective
savanyú (comparative savanyúbb, superlative legsavanyúbb)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony) | ||
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| singular | plural | |
| nominative | savanyú | savanyúak |
| accusative | savanyút | savanyúakat |
| dative | savanyúnak | savanyúaknak |
| instrumental | savanyúval | savanyúakkal |
| causal-final | savanyúért | savanyúakért |
| translative | savanyúvá | savanyúakká |
| terminative | savanyúig | savanyúakig |
| essive-formal | savanyúként | savanyúakként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | savanyúban | savanyúakban |
| superessive | savanyún | savanyúakon |
| adessive | savanyúnál | savanyúaknál |
| illative | savanyúba | savanyúakba |
| sublative | savanyúra | savanyúakra |
| allative | savanyúhoz | savanyúakhoz |
| elative | savanyúból | savanyúakból |
| delative | savanyúról | savanyúakról |
| ablative | savanyútól | savanyúaktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
savanyúé | savanyúaké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
savanyúéi | savanyúakéi |
Derived terms
See also
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References
- ^ savanyú 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
- savanyú 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