éj

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See also: ej, EJ, -ej, and -ej-

Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *üje.[1][2] Cognate with Finnish yö, Estonian öö.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -eːj

Noun

éj (plural éjek)

  1. (poetic, except in compounds) night
    Synonyms: éjszaka, éjjel

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative éj éjek
accusative éjt éjeket
dative éjnek éjeknek
instrumental éjjel éjekkel
causal-final éjért éjekért
translative éjjé éjekké
terminative éjig éjekig
essive-formal éjként éjekként
essive-modal — —
inessive éjben éjekben
superessive éjen éjeken
adessive éjnél éjeknél
illative éjbe éjekbe
sublative éjre éjekre
allative éjhez éjekhez
elative éjből éjekből
delative éjről éjekről
ablative éjtől éjektől
non-attributive
possessive – singular 		éjé éjeké
non-attributive
possessive – plural 		éjéi éjekéi
Possessive forms of éj
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. éjem éjeim
2nd person sing. éjed éjeid
3rd person sing. éje éjei
1st person plural éjünk éjeink
2nd person plural éjetek éjeitek
3rd person plural éjük éjeik

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References

  1. ^ Entry #130 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. ^ éj 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

  • éj in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
  • éj 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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