alany

Hungarian

Etymology

From al- + -any, patterned after Latin subjectum. Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒlɒɲ]
• Hyphenation: alany
• Rhymes: -ɒɲ

Noun

alany (plural alanyok)

1. (grammar) subject (word or word group that is dealt with)

   Az alany a két fő mondatrész egyike. ― The subject is one of the two main constituents of a sentence.

2. subject (human, animal or an inanimate object that is being examined)

   kísérleti alany ― experimental subject

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	alany	alanyok
accusative	alanyt	alanyokat
dative	alanynak	alanyoknak
instrumental	alannyal	alanyokkal
causal-final	alanyért	alanyokért
translative	alannyá	alanyokká
terminative	alanyig	alanyokig
essive-formal	alanyként	alanyokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	alanyban	alanyokban
superessive	alanyon	alanyokon
adessive	alanynál	alanyoknál
illative	alanyba	alanyokba
sublative	alanyra	alanyokra
allative	alanyhoz	alanyokhoz
elative	alanyból	alanyokból
delative	alanyról	alanyokról
ablative	alanytól	alanyoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	alanyé	alanyoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	alanyéi	alanyokéi

Possessive forms of alany
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	alanyom	alanyaim
2nd person sing.	alanyod	alanyaid
3rd person sing.	alanya	alanyai
1st person plural	alanyunk	alanyaink
2nd person plural	alanyotok	alanyaitok
3rd person plural	alanyuk	alanyaik

Derived terms

• alanyi
• alanyos
• alanytalan

 

Compound words

• alanyeset
• interjúalany

 

See also

• (clause elements) mondatrész; alany, állítmány, határozó, jelző, tárgy ^{(Category: hu:Clause elements)}

Further reading

• alany 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
• alany 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).