savanyú
Hungarian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Finno-Ugric *čappa + -ny (nominal-forming suffix) + -ú (adjective-forming suffix). Cognates include Finnish hapan and Estonian hapu. First attested in c. 1430.[1][2]
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editsavanyú (comparative savanyúbb, superlative legsavanyúbb)
- sour
- (figurative, derogatory, of a person's face) dour, gloomy, sullen
Declension
editInflection (stem in -a-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | savanyú | savanyúak |
accusative | savanyút | savanyúakat |
dative | savanyúnak | savanyúaknak |
instrumental | savanyúval | savanyúakkal |
causal-final | savanyúért | savanyúakért |
translative | savanyúvá | savanyúakká |
terminative | savanyúig | savanyúakig |
essive-formal | savanyúként | savanyúakként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | savanyúban | savanyúakban |
superessive | savanyún | savanyúakon |
adessive | savanyúnál | savanyúaknál |
illative | savanyúba | savanyúakba |
sublative | savanyúra | savanyúakra |
allative | savanyúhoz | savanyúakhoz |
elative | savanyúból | savanyúakból |
delative | savanyúról | savanyúakról |
ablative | savanyútól | savanyúaktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
savanyúé | savanyúaké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
savanyúéi | savanyúakéi |
Derived terms
edit- savany (acid; back-formation, obsolete)
- savanyít
- savanykás
- savanyodik
- savanyúan
- savanyúság
Expressions
Noun
editsavanyú (plural savanyúk)
- (colloquial) pickles, relish (pickled cucumbers, peppers, cabbage, beets, etc.; a sour garnish for meat or other dishes)
- Synonym: savanyúság
Declension
editInflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
---|---|---|
singular | plural | |
nominative | savanyú | savanyúk |
accusative | savanyút | savanyúkat |
dative | savanyúnak | savanyúknak |
instrumental | savanyúval | savanyúkkal |
causal-final | savanyúért | savanyúkért |
translative | savanyúvá | savanyúkká |
terminative | savanyúig | savanyúkig |
essive-formal | savanyúként | savanyúkként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | savanyúban | savanyúkban |
superessive | savanyún | savanyúkon |
adessive | savanyúnál | savanyúknál |
illative | savanyúba | savanyúkba |
sublative | savanyúra | savanyúkra |
allative | savanyúhoz | savanyúkhoz |
elative | savanyúból | savanyúkból |
delative | savanyúról | savanyúkról |
ablative | savanyútól | savanyúktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
savanyúé | savanyúké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
savanyúéi | savanyúkéi |
Possessive forms of savanyú | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | savanyúm | savanyúim |
2nd person sing. | savanyúd | savanyúid |
3rd person sing. | savanyúja | savanyúi |
1st person plural | savanyúnk | savanyúink |
2nd person plural | savanyútok | savanyúitok |
3rd person plural | savanyújuk | savanyúik |
See also
editBasic tastes in Hungarian (layout · text) | |||||
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édes | savanyú | sós | keserű | csípős | erős |
References
edit- ^ savanyú 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.
- ^ savanyú in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading
edit- savanyú 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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