From the Bavarian trächt variant of Tracht, from tragen (“to carry”), inserting a vowel after t to ease pronunciation and omitting the final -t as a perceived accusative suffix, resulting in tereht, then tereh, and eventually teher in the nominative and several oblique forms by means of metathesis; compare kehely, pehely, boholy, moholy, and (archaic) vehem, the only words with this feature in Hungarian. See also tragacs and trágár for terms related to tragen.
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teher (plural terhek)
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | teher | terhek |
| accusative | terhet | terheket |
| dative | tehernek | terheknek |
| instrumental | teherrel | terhekkel |
| causal-final | teherért | terhekért |
| translative | teherré | terhekké |
| terminative | teherig | terhekig |
| essive-formal | teherként | terhekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | teherben | terhekben |
| superessive | terhen | terheken |
| adessive | tehernél | terheknél |
| illative | teherbe | terhekbe |
| sublative | teherre | terhekre |
| allative | teherhez | terhekhez |
| elative | teherből | terhekből |
| delative | teherről | terhekről |
| ablative | tehertől | terhektől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
teheré | terheké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
teheréi | terhekéi |
| Possessive forms of teher | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | terhem | terheim |
| 2nd person sing. | terhed | terheid |
| 3rd person sing. | terhe | terhei |
| 1st person plural | terhünk | terheink |
| 2nd person plural | terhetek | terheitek |
| 3rd person plural | terhük | terheik |