Shortened from the obsolete sérvés (“injury, swelling, hernia”). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries. The obsolete noun was derived from the v- root of the verbs sérül (“to become injured”), sért (“to injure, damage”) with the noun-forming suffix -és. [1]
sérv (plural sérvek)
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | sérv | sérvek |
| accusative | sérvet | sérveket |
| dative | sérvnek | sérveknek |
| instrumental | sérvvel | sérvekkel |
| causal-final | sérvért | sérvekért |
| translative | sérvvé | sérvekké |
| terminative | sérvig | sérvekig |
| essive-formal | sérvként | sérvekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | sérvben | sérvekben |
| superessive | sérven | sérveken |
| adessive | sérvnél | sérveknél |
| illative | sérvbe | sérvekbe |
| sublative | sérvre | sérvekre |
| allative | sérvhez | sérvekhez |
| elative | sérvből | sérvekből |
| delative | sérvről | sérvekről |
| ablative | sérvtől | sérvektől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
sérvé | sérveké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
sérvéi | sérvekéi |
| Possessive forms of sérv | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | sérvem | sérveim |
| 2nd person sing. | sérved | sérveid |
| 3rd person sing. | sérve | sérvei |
| 1st person plural | sérvünk | sérveink |
| 2nd person plural | sérvetek | sérveitek |
| 3rd person plural | sérvük | sérveik |