szarv

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Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *śarwe. Cognates include Finnish sarvi, Estonian sarv. The Proto-Finno-Ugric term is in turn from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćr̥Hwás, compare Avestan 𐬯𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬁 (sruuā, horn). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-; see there for more.

Pronunciation

Noun

szarv (plural szarvak)

  1. horn (body part of certain animals)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative szarv szarvak
accusative szarvat szarvakat
dative szarvnak szarvaknak
instrumental szarvval szarvakkal
causal-final szarvért szarvakért
translative szarvvá szarvakká
terminative szarvig szarvakig
essive-formal szarvként szarvakként
essive-modal
inessive szarvban szarvakban
superessive szarvon szarvakon
adessive szarvnál szarvaknál
illative szarvba szarvakba
sublative szarvra szarvakra
allative szarvhoz szarvakhoz
elative szarvból szarvakból
delative szarvról szarvakról
ablative szarvtól szarvaktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
szarvé szarvaké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
szarvéi szarvakéi
Possessive forms of szarv
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. szarvam szarvaim
2nd person sing. szarvad szarvaid
3rd person sing. szarva szarvai
1st person plural szarvunk szarvaink
2nd person plural szarvatok szarvaitok
3rd person plural szarvuk szarvaik

Derived terms

Compound words

Further reading

  • szarv 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