mennyi
Hungarian
editEtymology
editFrom the më- stem variant of mi (“what?”) + -nyi (“-ful”, adjective-forming suffix).[1]
Pronunciation
editPronoun
editmennyi?
Declension
editInflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | mennyi | — |
accusative | mennyit | — |
dative | mennyinek | — |
instrumental | mennyivel | — |
causal-final | mennyiért | — |
translative | mennyivé | — |
terminative | mennyiig | — |
essive-formal | mennyiként | — |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | mennyiben | — |
superessive | mennyin | — |
adessive | mennyinél | — |
illative | mennyibe | — |
sublative | mennyire | — |
allative | mennyihez | — |
elative | mennyiből | — |
delative | mennyiről | — |
ablative | mennyitől | — |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
mennyié | — |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
mennyiéi | — |
Possessive forms of mennyi | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | mennyim | — |
2nd person sing. | mennyid | — |
3rd person sing. | mennyije | — |
1st person plural | mennyink | — |
2nd person plural | mennyitek | — |
3rd person plural | mennyijük | — |
Derived terms
editCompound words
Expressions
See also
edit- mennyire (“how much?”, to what degree, to what extent)
References
edit- ^ mennyi 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- mennyi 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