ganéj
Hungarian
Alternative forms
- ganaj, gané (dialectal)
Etymology
Borrowed from a Slavic language. Compare Serbo-Croatian gnoj (“pus, dung”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɡɒneːj]
- Hyphenation: ga‧néj
- Rhymes: -eːj
Noun
ganéj (plural ganéjok)
- dung (animal excrement)
- manure, muck (livestock manure)
- Synonym: trágya
- bastard (a despicable person)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | ganéj | ganéjok |
| accusative | ganéjt | ganéjokat |
| dative | ganéjnak | ganéjoknak |
| instrumental | ganéjjal | ganéjokkal |
| causal-final | ganéjért | ganéjokért |
| translative | ganéjjá | ganéjokká |
| terminative | ganéjig | ganéjokig |
| essive-formal | ganéjként | ganéjokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | ganéjban | ganéjokban |
| superessive | ganéjon | ganéjokon |
| adessive | ganéjnál | ganéjoknál |
| illative | ganéjba | ganéjokba |
| sublative | ganéjra | ganéjokra |
| allative | ganéjhoz | ganéjokhoz |
| elative | ganéjból | ganéjokból |
| delative | ganéjról | ganéjokról |
| ablative | ganéjtól | ganéjoktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular | ganéjé | ganéjoké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural | ganéjéi | ganéjokéi |
| Possessive forms of ganéj | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | ganéjom | ganéjaim |
| 2nd person sing. | ganéjod | ganéjaid |
| 3rd person sing. | ganéja | ganéjai |
| 1st person plural | ganéjunk | ganéjaink |
| 2nd person plural | ganéjotok | ganéjaitok |
| 3rd person plural | ganéjuk | ganéjaik |
Derived terms
- ganéz
References
- ganéj 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
- ganéj in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN