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Hungarian
Etymology
vala- + hány
Pronunciation
Pronoun
valahány
- (without focus) some (some individuals in the given class)
- Synonyms: valamennyi, néhány, pár, egypár
- Coordinate term: (its counterpart for uncountable amounts) valamennyi
- Valahányat elvittek (közülük). ― They have taken away some (of them). (the focus is on el[vittek]; note the indefinite -ek suffix)
- (formal or archaic, with focus) all (every individual in the given class)
- Synonyms: valamennyi, mind, összes
- Coordinate term: (its counterpart for uncountable amounts) valamennyi
- Hozzátok ide valahányat! ― Bring me all of them! (the focus is on va[lahányat]; note the definite -játok [-zátok] suffix)
- Valahányat elvitték. ― They have taken away all of them. (the focus is on va[lahányat]; note the definite -ék suffix)
Declension
Determiner
valahány
- (without focus) some number of (some individuals in the given class)
- Van még valahány szelet a tálban. ― There are still some slices in the casserole.
Further reading
- valahány 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