hegy
Hungarian
Etymology
Disputed, possibly from Proto-Uralic. Two different comparisons have been proposed, both with their own problems:
- Akin to Proto-Samoyedic *koəjə (“mountain”).[1]
- Akin to Proto-Finnic *kaca (“point”), Proto-Samic *keaćē (“point”).[2]
Abondolo (1992)[3] considers the latter comparison "slightly less unconvincing" (and considers hely (“place”) to be the Hungarian cognate to Samoyedic instead). Koivulehto (2001)[4] however has etymologized the Finnic and Samic words for 'point' as early loans from Indo-European, unrelated to Hungarian.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈhɛɟ]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: hegy
Noun
hegy (plural hegyek)
- mountain
- point (of pencil, knife), tip (of finger, tongue, nose)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | hegy | hegyek |
| accusative | hegyet | hegyeket |
| dative | hegynek | hegyeknek |
| instrumental | heggyel | hegyekkel |
| causal-final | hegyért | hegyekért |
| translative | heggyé | hegyekké |
| terminative | hegyig | hegyekig |
| essive-formal | hegyként | hegyekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | hegyben | hegyekben |
| superessive | hegyen | hegyeken |
| adessive | hegynél | hegyeknél |
| illative | hegybe | hegyekbe |
| sublative | hegyre | hegyekre |
| allative | hegyhez | hegyekhez |
| elative | hegyből | hegyekből |
| delative | hegyről | hegyekről |
| ablative | hegytől | hegyektől |
| Possessive forms of hegy | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | hegyem | hegyeim |
| 2nd person sing. | hegyed | hegyeid |
| 3rd person sing. | hegye | hegyei |
| 1st person plural | hegyünk | hegyeink |
| 2nd person plural | hegyetek | hegyeitek |
| 3rd person plural | hegyük | hegyeik |
Derived terms
- hegyes
- hegyez
- hegyi
- hegység
(Compound words, mountain):
- hegycsúcs
- hegyfok
- hegylánc
- hegytető
- jéghegy
(Compound words, tip):
- dárdahegy
- késhegy
- lábujjhegy
- lándzsahegy
- nyílhegy
- ujjhegy
(Expressions):
- ha a hegy nem megy Mohamedhez, Mohamed megy a hegyhez
References
- Entry #220 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
- Entry #210 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
- Abondolo, Daniel. 1992. "Locus meliori datus: Hungarian hegy, hős, ős, tőgy, völgy, vas, hegy, hely. — Rédei-Festschrift, pp. 23–28. Wien/Budapest.
- Koivulehto, Jorma. 2001. "The Earliest Contacts Between Indo-European and Uralic Speakers." — Christian Carpela, Asko Parpola and Petteri Koskikallio (eds.), Early Contacts between Uralic and Indo-European, pp. 235–263. Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Toimituksia 242.