agy

See also: aGy and ágy

Hungarian

agy

Etymology

From Proto-Ugric *åjŋĭ, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ajŋe (“brain”), cognate to Finnish aivot and Estonian aju.[1] Earlier compared with e.g. Finnish otsa (“forehead”), Komi-Zyrian водз (vodzʹ, “fore, front”), Komi-Permyak одз (odzʹ, “front part”) and derived from a suggested Finno-Ugric root *ońća[2][3], but most of these words are today considered to be loanwords derived by various routes from Proto-Indo-European *h₂entíos (“front part, forehead”). Reintroduced by Ferenc Toldy during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries..

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈɒɟ]
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -ɒɟ

Noun

agy (plural agyak)

(anatomy) brain (control center of the central nervous system), (in compounds) cerebral (of or relating to the brain)
agykárosodás ― brain damage
agykéreg ― cerebral cortex
(mostly in set phrases) brains, mind, intellect (the figurative substance of a brain; mental ability)
Synonyms: ész, elme, tudat, szellem, értelem
butt (of a rifle or pistol)
Synonyms: puskaagy, puskatus, tus
- 2012, Miklós Gábor Kövesdi (translator), Kathy Reichs, A csontok nem hazudnak (Deadly Décisions), Ulpius-ház →ISBN, chapter 31, page 310:
  Szabad kezével a cipzárján kezdett matatni. Mikor kinyitotta, láttam, hogy egy 38-as agya lóg ki a derékövéből.
  With his free hand Tank fumbled with the zipper of his jacket. When it opened I could see the butt of a .38 tucked into his waistband.
hub (of a wheel)
Synonym: kerékagy

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	agy	agyak
accusative	agyat	agyakat
dative	agynak	agyaknak
instrumental	aggyal	agyakkal
causal-final	agyért	agyakért
translative	aggyá	agyakká
terminative	agyig	agyakig
essive-formal	agyként	agyakként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	agyban	agyakban
superessive	agyon	agyakon
adessive	agynál	agyaknál
illative	agyba	agyakba
sublative	agyra	agyakra
allative	agyhoz	agyakhoz
elative	agyból	agyakból
delative	agyról	agyakról
ablative	agytól	agyaktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	agyé	agyaké
non-attributive possessive - plural	agyéi	agyakéi

Possessive forms of agy
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	agyam	agyaim
2nd person sing.	agyad	agyaid
3rd person sing.	agya	agyai
1st person plural	agyunk	agyaink
2nd person plural	agyatok	agyaitok
3rd person plural	agyuk	agyaik

Derived terms

agyanként
agyastul
agyi
agyú

Compound words

agyafúrt
agyelszívás
agyfélteke
agyhalál
agyhalott
agyhártya
agyhullám
agyideg
agykárosodás
agykéreg
agykoponya
agyrázkódás
agysebész
agysebészet
agysejt
agytörzs
agytröszt
agyvérzés
előagy
hígagyú
kerékagy
kisagy
köztiagy
nagyagy
nyúltagy

References

Vizi E. Szilveszter, Magyar Orvosi Nyelv. NOK Kiadó, Budapest, 2001

Aikio, Ante (= Luobbal Sámmol Sámmol Ánte). “Notes on the development of some consonant clusters in Hungarian”. In: Sampsa Holopainen & Janne Saarikivi (eds.), Περὶ ὀρθότητος ἐτύμων. Uusiutuva uralilainen etymologia, Uralica Helsingiensia 11, 2018, pp. 77–90.
Entry #670 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary.
agy 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.)

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