nyugat
Hungarian
Compass rose
Etymology
- From the second part of the compound word napnyugat. [1]
- From the same, now archaic Hungarian verb nyug (“to keep quiet”), the same word from which nyugszik and nyugodt derive from. This in turn derives from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ńuŋV (“to rest”).[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɲuɡɒt]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: nyu‧gat
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | nyugat | — |
| accusative | nyugatot | — |
| dative | nyugatnak | — |
| instrumental | nyugattal | — |
| causal-final | nyugatért | — |
| translative | nyugattá | — |
| terminative | nyugatig | — |
| essive-formal | nyugatként | — |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | nyugatban | — |
| superessive | nyugaton | — |
| adessive | nyugatnál | — |
| illative | nyugatba | — |
| sublative | nyugatra | — |
| allative | nyugathoz | — |
| elative | nyugatból | — |
| delative | nyugatról | — |
| ablative | nyugattól | — |
| Possessive forms of nyugat | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | nyugatom | — |
| 2nd person sing. | nyugatod | — |
| 3rd person sing. | nyugata | — |
| 1st person plural | nyugatunk | — |
| 2nd person plural | nyugatotok | — |
| 3rd person plural | nyugatuk | — |
Derived terms
(Compound words):
References
- Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, ISBN 963 7094 01 6
- Starostin's Uralic Database, Entry #656
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