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Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *tüŋe. Cognates include Estonian tüvi, Finnish tyvi, Eastern Mari тӱҥ (tüŋ), Komi-Zyrian дин (ďin).

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -tøː

Noun

(plural tövek)

  1. (of plants) stem (plant), foot, stump (tree)
  2. (grammar) stem
  3. (of hair) root
  4. (mathematics) radix

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front rounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative tövek
accusative tövet töveket
dative tőnek töveknek
instrumental tővel tövekkel
causal-final tőért tövekért
translative tővé tövekké
terminative tőig tövekig
essive-formal tőként tövekként
essive-modal
inessive tőben tövekben
superessive tövön töveken
adessive tőnél töveknél
illative tőbe tövekbe
sublative tőre tövekre
allative tőhöz tövekhez
elative tőből tövekből
delative tőről tövekről
ablative tőtől tövektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
tőé töveké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
tőéi tövekéi
Possessive forms of
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. tövem töveim
2nd person sing. töved töveid
3rd person sing. töve tövei
1st person plural tövünk töveink
2nd person plural tövetek töveitek
3rd person plural tövük töveik

Derived terms

Compound words

Further reading

  • (stem etc.): 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
  • ( alternative form of ): 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