villany

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See also: Villány

English

Noun

villany (plural villanies)

  1. Obsolete form of villainy.

Hungarian

Etymology

From the stem vill-, a back-formation of villám (“lightning, thunderbolt”) +‎ -any (noun-forming suffix). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

villany (countable and uncountable, plural villanyok)

  1. electricity
    Synonyms: villamosság, elektromosság
  2. (electric) light, lamp (for a room or a building)
    Synonyms: lámpa, világítás

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative villany villanyok
accusative villanyt villanyokat
dative villanynak villanyoknak
instrumental villannyal villanyokkal
causal-final villanyért villanyokért
translative villannyá villanyokká
terminative villanyig villanyokig
essive-formal villanyként villanyokként
essive-modal — —
inessive villanyban villanyokban
superessive villanyon villanyokon
adessive villanynál villanyoknál
illative villanyba villanyokba
sublative villanyra villanyokra
allative villanyhoz villanyokhoz
elative villanyból villanyokból
delative villanyról villanyokról
ablative villanytól villanyoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		villanyé villanyoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		villanyéi villanyokéi
Possessive forms of villany
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. villanyom villanyaim
2nd person sing. villanyod villanyaid
3rd person sing. villanya villanyai
1st person plural villanyunk villanyaink
2nd person plural villanyotok villanyaitok
3rd person plural villanyuk villanyaik

Derived terms

Compound words

References

  1. ^ villany 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.)

Further reading

  • villany 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
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