híja
See also: hija
Hungarian
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom the hé- ~ hí- form of the obsolete noun hiu (“void, shortage”) + -ja (possessive suffix). Compare hiány (“lack”) and hiányos (“lacking, deficient”).[1]
Noun
edithíja (uncountable)
- (with a possessive suffix) lack of something
- nincs híja ― nothing is missing (out of it)
Declension
editIt is only used with certain case suffixes, most commonly híján, sometimes híjával, rarely híjában, híjától, híjára and híját (as well as plural híjuk (“their lack”)); see also its morphological chart.
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
edithí (“to call”) (archaic or dialectal variant of hív) + -ja (personal suffix)
Verb
edithíja
- Alternative form of hívja, third-person singular indicative present definite of hí.
- Alternative form of hívja, third-person singular subjunctive present definite of hí.
References
edit- ^ híja in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.
Further reading
edit- híja 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
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