éj
Hungarian
Etymology
From Proto-Uralic *eje / *üje (“night”). Cognates include Southern Mansi йӣ (jī), Finnish yö and Estonian öö.[1][2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈeːj]
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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 |
| 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 |
References
- Entry #130 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
- Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN
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