víz

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See also: viz, vız, viž, viz., and vīž

Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *wete.[1] First attested in the late 12th century.[2] Cognates include Northern Mansi вит (vit), Erzya ведь (veď), Finnish vesi, Estonian vesi.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -iːz

Noun

víz (countable and uncountable, plural vizek)

  1. water (liquid H2O)
  2. (physics) water (chemical having the formula H2O)
    Synonym: dihidrogén-monoxid
  3. water (any body of water, or a specific part of it)
    • 1844, Sándor Petőfi, translated by John Ridland, János vitéz, chapter 4, stanza 1:
      Mikorra a patak vize tükörré lett, / Melybe ezer csillag ragyogása nézett: / Jancsi Iluskáék kertje alatt vala; / Maga sem tudta, hogy mikép jutott oda.
      When the brook made a looking glass of its water, / In whose surface a thousand stars were a-glitter, / Johnny was standing at the foot of Nell’s yard; / Though to tell how he'd come to it would have been hard.
  4. (dialectal) flood
    Synonym: árvíz
  5. drinking water, mineral water
    Synonym: ivóvíz
  6. bathwater
    Synonym: fürdővíz
  7. sweat
    Synonyms: izzadság, veríték, verejték
    • 1939, Jenő Rejtő, chapter 2, in A Nevada szelleme:
      Ez a férfi csakúgy sugározta magából a durva, nyugati ember kegyetlen erejét és vadságát. Bár folyt a víz róla, és inge izzadtan tapadt a testéhez, vasegészségében bízva egyetlen hajtásra itta ki a jeges whiskyt.
      This man exuded the cruel strength and ferocity of the rough, Western man. Though he was dripping with water, and his shirt clung to his body with sweat, he drank the icy whisky in one gulp, trusting his iron health.
  8. (rare) water (limpidity and lustre of a precious stone)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative víz vizek
accusative vizet vizeket
dative víznek vizeknek
instrumental vízzel vizekkel
causal-final vízért vizekért
translative vízzé vizekké
terminative vízig vizekig
essive-formal vízként vizekként
essive-modal
inessive vízben vizekben
superessive vízen vizeken
adessive víznél vizeknél
illative vízbe vizekbe
sublative vízre vizekre
allative vízhez vizekhez
elative vízből vizekből
delative vízről vizekről
ablative víztől vizektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
vízé vizeké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
vízéi vizekéi
Possessive forms of víz
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. vizem vizeim
2nd person sing. vized vizeid
3rd person sing. vize vizei
1st person plural vizünk vizeink
2nd person plural vizetek vizeitek
3rd person plural vizük vizeik

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References

  1. ^ Entry #1142 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. ^ víz 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.)
  • víz in Hungarian–English dictionary at SZTAKI

Further reading

  • víz 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