zongora
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zongora
English
Noun
zongora (plural not attested)
- (music) A guitar-like musical instrument of Romania, having originally two strings and now four or five.
Hungarian
Etymology
From the verb zeng (“to resound”). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.
Pronunciation
Noun
zongora (plural zongorák)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | zongora | zongorák |
| accusative | zongorát | zongorákat |
| dative | zongorának | zongoráknak |
| instrumental | zongorával | zongorákkal |
| causal-final | zongoráért | zongorákért |
| translative | zongorává | zongorákká |
| terminative | zongoráig | zongorákig |
| essive-formal | zongoraként | zongorákként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | zongorában | zongorákban |
| superessive | zongorán | zongorákon |
| adessive | zongoránál | zongoráknál |
| illative | zongorába | zongorákba |
| sublative | zongorára | zongorákra |
| allative | zongorához | zongorákhoz |
| elative | zongorából | zongorákból |
| delative | zongoráról | zongorákról |
| ablative | zongorától | zongoráktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
zongoráé | zongoráké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
zongoráéi | zongorákéi |
| Possessive forms of zongora | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | zongorám | zongoráim |
| 2nd person sing. | zongorád | zongoráid |
| 3rd person sing. | zongorája | zongorái |
| 1st person plural | zongoránk | zongoráink |
| 2nd person plural | zongorátok | zongoráitok |
| 3rd person plural | zongorájuk | zongoráik |
Derived terms
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Further reading
- zongora 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