zuhany

Hungarian
zuhany

Etymology

From the same onomatopoeic (sound-imitative) root as zuhan + -any (noun-forming suffix). Created during the Hungarian language reform which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈzuɦɒɲ]
  • Hyphenation: zu‧hany

Noun

zuhany (plural zuhanyok)

  1. shower (a device for bathing by which water is made to fall on the body from a height, either from a tank or by the action of a pump)
  2. (figuratively) cold water, damper, shock (an unexpected turn of events, an unpleasant surprise, or sobering discovery that has an effect similar to a sudden cold shower)
    A hír jeges zuhanyként ért. ― The news caught me by surprise. (literally, “The news affected me like an icy shower.”)

Declension
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative zuhany zuhanyok
accusative zuhanyt zuhanyokat
dative zuhanynak zuhanyoknak
instrumental zuhannyal zuhanyokkal
causal-final zuhanyért zuhanyokért
translative zuhannyá zuhanyokká
terminative zuhanyig zuhanyokig
essive-formal zuhanyként zuhanyokként
essive-modal — —
inessive zuhanyban zuhanyokban
superessive zuhanyon zuhanyokon
adessive zuhanynál zuhanyoknál
illative zuhanyba zuhanyokba
sublative zuhanyra zuhanyokra
allative zuhanyhoz zuhanyokhoz
elative zuhanyból zuhanyokból
delative zuhanyról zuhanyokról
ablative zuhanytól zuhanyoktól
Possessive forms of zuhany
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. zuhanyom zuhanyaim
2nd person sing. zuhanyod zuhanyaid
3rd person sing. zuhanya zuhanyai
1st person plural zuhanyunk zuhanyaink
2nd person plural zuhanyotok zuhanyaitok
3rd person plural zuhanyuk zuhanyaik

Derived terms

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References
  1. Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN

Further reading
  • zuhany in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962.
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