áfonya

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Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Romanian. Compare Romanian afin (“cowberry”) and afină (“blueberry”).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: áfo‧nya
  • Rhymes: -ɲɒ

Noun

áfonya (plural áfonyák)

  1. Vaccinium, a genus of shrubs in the plant family Ericaceae including the bilberry, bog bilberry, cowberry and cranberry.

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative áfonya áfonyák
accusative áfonyát áfonyákat
dative áfonyának áfonyáknak
instrumental áfonyával áfonyákkal
causal-final áfonyáért áfonyákért
translative áfonyává áfonyákká
terminative áfonyáig áfonyákig
essive-formal áfonyaként áfonyákként
essive-modal — —
inessive áfonyában áfonyákban
superessive áfonyán áfonyákon
adessive áfonyánál áfonyáknál
illative áfonyába áfonyákba
sublative áfonyára áfonyákra
allative áfonyához áfonyákhoz
elative áfonyából áfonyákból
delative áfonyáról áfonyákról
ablative áfonyától áfonyáktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		áfonyáé áfonyáké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		áfonyáéi áfonyákéi
Possessive forms of áfonya
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. áfonyám áfonyáim
2nd person sing. áfonyád áfonyáid
3rd person sing. áfonyája áfonyái
1st person plural áfonyánk áfonyáink
2nd person plural áfonyátok áfonyáitok
3rd person plural áfonyájuk áfonyáik

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References

  1. ^ áfonya 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

  • áfonya 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
  • áfonya in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).
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