koponya
Hungarian
Etymology
Probably borrowed from South Slavic.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkopoɲɒ]
- Hyphenation: ko‧po‧nya
Noun
koponya (plural koponyák)
- (anatomy) skull, cranium (the main bones of the head considered as a unit)
- (figuratively) brain (intelligent person)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | koponya | koponyák |
| accusative | koponyát | koponyákat |
| dative | koponyának | koponyáknak |
| instrumental | koponyával | koponyákkal |
| causal-final | koponyáért | koponyákért |
| translative | koponyává | koponyákká |
| terminative | koponyáig | koponyákig |
| essive-formal | koponyaként | koponyákként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | koponyában | koponyákban |
| superessive | koponyán | koponyákon |
| adessive | koponyánál | koponyáknál |
| illative | koponyába | koponyákba |
| sublative | koponyára | koponyákra |
| allative | koponyához | koponyákhoz |
| elative | koponyából | koponyákból |
| delative | koponyáról | koponyákról |
| ablative | koponyától | koponyáktól |
| Possessive forms of koponya | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | koponyám | koponyáim |
| 2nd person sing. | koponyád | koponyáid |
| 3rd person sing. | koponyája | koponyái |
| 1st person plural | koponyánk | koponyáink |
| 2nd person plural | koponyátok | koponyáitok |
| 3rd person plural | koponyájuk | koponyáik |
Derived terms
- agykoponya
- arckoponya
- koponyatető
- koponyatörés
References
- Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN