vajda
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Hungarian
Etymology
From a Slavic language, perhaps from Russian, compare Old Russian воево́да (vojevóda, “commander of an army”), Serbo-Croatian vojvoda (“duke”), Polish wojewoda (“general, governor”). Ultimately, from Proto-Slavic *vojevoda, from Proto-Slavic *vojь (“army”) + *voditi (“to lead”).
Pronunciation
Noun
vajda (plural vajdák)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | vajda | vajdák |
| accusative | vajdát | vajdákat |
| dative | vajdának | vajdáknak |
| instrumental | vajdával | vajdákkal |
| causal-final | vajdáért | vajdákért |
| translative | vajdává | vajdákká |
| terminative | vajdáig | vajdákig |
| essive-formal | vajdaként | vajdákként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | vajdában | vajdákban |
| superessive | vajdán | vajdákon |
| adessive | vajdánál | vajdáknál |
| illative | vajdába | vajdákba |
| sublative | vajdára | vajdákra |
| allative | vajdához | vajdákhoz |
| elative | vajdából | vajdákból |
| delative | vajdáról | vajdákról |
| ablative | vajdától | vajdáktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
vajdáé | vajdáké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
vajdáéi | vajdákéi |
| Possessive forms of vajda | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | vajdám | vajdáim |
| 2nd person sing. | vajdád | vajdáid |
| 3rd person sing. | vajdája | vajdái |
| 1st person plural | vajdánk | vajdáink |
| 2nd person plural | vajdátok | vajdáitok |
| 3rd person plural | vajdájuk | vajdáik |
Derived terms
Further reading
- vajda 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
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
Noun
vàjda f (Cyrillic spelling ва̀јда)
- Alternative form of fàjda
Declension
Declension of vajda
References
- “vajda”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024