tolvaj

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Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Ugric. Compare Northern Mansi тулмантанут (tulmantanut, “thief”) and тулмантаӈкве (tulmantaňkve, “to steal”).

Pronunciation

Noun

tolvaj (plural tolvajok)

  1. thief (one who carries out theft)
    Fogják meg, tolvaj! ― Thief! Catch him!

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative tolvaj tolvajok
accusative tolvajt tolvajokat
dative tolvajnak tolvajoknak
instrumental tolvajjal tolvajokkal
causal-final tolvajért tolvajokért
translative tolvajjá tolvajokká
terminative tolvajig tolvajokig
essive-formal tolvajként tolvajokként
essive-modal — —
inessive tolvajban tolvajokban
superessive tolvajon tolvajokon
adessive tolvajnál tolvajoknál
illative tolvajba tolvajokba
sublative tolvajra tolvajokra
allative tolvajhoz tolvajokhoz
elative tolvajból tolvajokból
delative tolvajról tolvajokról
ablative tolvajtól tolvajoktól
non-attributive
possessive – singular 		tolvajé tolvajoké
non-attributive
possessive – plural 		tolvajéi tolvajokéi
Possessive forms of tolvaj
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. tolvajom tolvajaim
2nd person sing. tolvajod tolvajaid
3rd person sing. tolvaja tolvajai
1st person plural tolvajunk tolvajaink
2nd person plural tolvajotok tolvajaitok
3rd person plural tolvajuk tolvajaik

Derived terms

Compound words
Expressions

Descendants

  • → Pannonian Rusyn: толвай (tolvaj)
  • → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: то̀лвај
    Latin script: tòlvaj
  • → Romanian: tulai
  • → Slovene: tolovȃj
  • → Ottoman Turkish: طولوای (tulvay)

References

  1. ^ tolvaj 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.)

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