huny
See also: hunþ
Hungarian
Etymology
From Proto-Ugric *kŭńa-, from Proto-Uralic *kuńa-.[1] Cognates include Mansi хонюӈкве (honûňkve, “blink”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈhuɲ]
- Hyphenation: huny
- Rhymes: -uɲ
Verb
huny
- (transitive) to close (one’s eyes)
- Synonyms: becsuk, lecsuk, lehuny
- (intransitive, in children’s play) to cover one’s eyes, hide one’s face
- (intransitive, dialectal) to nap
- Synonyms: szundít, alszik
- (intransitive, archaic, poetic) to pass away, die
- Synonyms: elhuny, meghal
- (intransitive, rare, poetic, of fire or flame) to go out, die out
- Synonyms: kihuny, kialszik
Conjugation
conjugation of huny
| 1st person sg | 2nd person sg informal | 3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal | 1st person pl | 2nd person pl informal | 3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicative mood | Present | Indef. | hunyok | hunysz | huny | hunyunk | hunytok | hunynak |
| Def. | hunyom | hunyod | hunyja | hunyjuk | hunyjátok | hunyják | ||
| 2nd-p. o. | hunylak | ― | ||||||
| Past | Indef. | hunytam | hunytál | hunyt | hunytunk | hunytatok | hunytak | |
| Def. | hunytam | hunytad | hunyta | hunytuk | hunytátok | hunyták | ||
| 2nd-p. o. | hunytalak | ― | ||||||
| Conditional mood | Present | Indef. | hunynék | hunynál | hunyna | hunynánk | hunynátok | hunynának |
| Def. | hunynám | hunynád | hunyná | hunynánk (or hunynók) | hunynátok | hunynák | ||
| 2nd-p. o. | hunynálak | ― | ||||||
| Subjunctive mood | Present | Indef. | hunyjak | hunyj or hunyjál | hunyjon | hunyjunk | hunyjatok | hunyjanak |
| Def. | hunyjam | hunyd or hunyjad | hunyja | hunyjuk | hunyjátok | hunyják | ||
| 2nd-p. o. | hunyjalak | ― | ||||||
| Infinitive | hunyni | hunynom | hunynod | hunynia | hunynunk | hunynotok | hunyniuk | |
| Other nonfinite verb forms | Verbal noun | Present participle | Past participle | Future part. | Adverbial part. | Potential | ||
| hunyás | hunyó | hunyt | hunyandó | hunyva | hunyhat | |||
Derived terms
- hunyászkodik
- hunyó
(With verbal prefixes):
- behuny
- elhuny
- kihuny
- lehuny
Expressions
- szemet huny
References
- Entry #406 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary.]
Further reading
- huny 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
Middle English
Noun
huny
- Alternative form of hony