torony
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Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowed from German Turm, from Middle High German turn, via Old French torn from Latin turris.
Pronunciation
Noun
torony (plural tornyok)
Declension
Its essive-modal can also be tornyul (aside from toronyul).
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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| singular | plural | |
| nominative | torony | tornyok |
| accusative | tornyot | tornyokat |
| dative | toronynak | tornyoknak |
| instrumental | toronnyal | tornyokkal |
| causal-final | toronyért | tornyokért |
| translative | toronnyá | tornyokká |
| terminative | toronyig | tornyokig |
| essive-formal | toronyként | tornyokként |
| essive-modal | toronyul | — |
| inessive | toronyban | tornyokban |
| superessive | tornyon | tornyokon |
| adessive | toronynál | tornyoknál |
| illative | toronyba | tornyokba |
| sublative | toronyra | tornyokra |
| allative | toronyhoz | tornyokhoz |
| elative | toronyból | tornyokból |
| delative | toronyról | tornyokról |
| ablative | toronytól | tornyoktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
toronyé | tornyoké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
toronyéi | tornyokéi |
| Possessive forms of torony | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | tornyom | tornyaim |
| 2nd person sing. | tornyod | tornyaid |
| 3rd person sing. | tornya | tornyai |
| 1st person plural | tornyunk | tornyaink |
| 2nd person plural | tornyotok | tornyaitok |
| 3rd person plural | tornyuk | tornyaik |
Derived terms
Compound words with this term at the beginning
Compound words with this term at the end
Descendants
See also
| Chess pieces in Hungarian · sakkfigurák, sakkbábuk (layout · text) | |||||
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| király | vezér (királynő) | bástya (rare: torony) | futó (futár) | huszár (ló) | gyalog (paraszt) |
References
- ^ torony 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.)
- ^ torony in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN
Further reading
- torony 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