amely
Hungarian
| ed Table of Correlatives (cf. H. demonstrative adverbs) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| question | this | that | same | every-/all | no- | relative | some | any | else | |
| e/i- | a/o- | ugyan | mind(en)- | se(m/n)- | a- + qu. | vala | akár bár | más | ||
| who | ki | ő | u | mindenki | senki | aki | v | a b | m | |
| what | mi | ez | az | u u | minden | semmi | ami / amely | v | a b | m |
| which | melyik | mindegyik mind | semelyik egyik sem | amelyik | v | a b | m | |||
| how | hogy(an) miként | így | úgy | u u | mindenhogy mindenhogyan | sehogy(an) semmiképpen | (a)mint ahogy(an) | v v | a b a b | m/m m/m |
| what…like what kind | milyen miféle | ilyen efféle | olyan afféle | u u | mindenféle | semmilyen semmiféle | amilyen | v v | a b a b | m m/m |
| where | hol | itt | ott | u u | mindenhol mindenütt | sehol | ahol | v | a b | m m |
| from wh. | honnan | innen | onnan | u u | mindenhonnan | sehonnan | ahonnan | v | a b | m |
| to where | hova hová | ide | oda | u u | mindenhova mindenhová | sehova sehová | ahova ahová | v v | a b a b | m m |
| from which way | merről | erről | arról | u u | mindenfelől | semerről | amerről | v | a b | m |
| which way | merre | erre | arra | u u | mindenfelé | semerre | amerre | v | a b | m |
| why | miért | ezért | azért | u u | mindenért | semmiért | amiért | v | a b | m |
| how many | hány | ennyi | annyi | u u | mind az összes | sehány | ahány | v | a b | – |
| how much | mennyi | semennyi | amennyi | v | a b | |||||
| wh. extent | mennyire | ennyire | annyira | u u | (teljesen) | semennyire | amennyire | v | a b | – |
| what size | mekkora | ekkora | akkora | u u | (az egész) | semekkora | amekkora | v | a b | – |
| what time | mikor | ekkor | akkor | u u | mindig | soha/sose(m) sohase(m) | amikor | v | a b | m |
| how long how far | meddig | eddig | addig | u u | (végig)* | semeddig | ameddig | v | a b | – |
| *: Mindeddig/-addig mean “up until this/that point” (= egészen eddig/addig). Csak following relative pronouns expresses “-ever”, e.g. aki csak (“whoever”); is after “any” pronouns emphasizes “no matter”: akármit is (“no matter what”). né- (“some”) forms compounds with few words. | ||||||||||
Etymology
az + mely
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɒmɛj]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: amely
- Rhymes: -ɛj
Pronoun
amely
- (relative) which; that (referring to things or a pair/group of people)
- Coordinate terms: ami, amelyik, aki
- Itt van a lemez, amelyet kértél. ― Here is the disc [that] you asked for.
Usage notes
- It can be used in reference to a thing or person supplied in the main clause by a noun.[1] It is often replaced by ami in colloquial style.
- In case of a single person or a pet one feels emotionally attached to, aki is used instead.[1]
- When highlighting one out of multiple potential things or persons, amelyik should be used.[1]
- It cannot refer to a phrase without a noun (such as ez, az, mindez, mindaz, semmi etc. as pronouns on their own, rather than determiners of nouns): in such cases, ami must be used intead.[1]
- It cannot refer to the entire situation described in the main clause (as opposed to a particular noun phrase): ami must be used intead. For example, He read the letter, which enraged me requires ami (the reason for my rage was the fact that he read the letter), while He read the letter that enraged me requires amely (the reason for my rage was the letter itself). In practice, however, ami occurs in colloquial style in the latter type, as well.[1]
- See also the Usage notes at amelyik.
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | amely | amelyek |
| accusative | amelyet | amelyeket |
| dative | amelynek | amelyeknek |
| instrumental | amellyel | amelyekkel |
| causal-final | amelyért | amelyekért |
| translative | amellyé | amelyekké |
| terminative | amelyig | amelyekig |
| essive-formal | amelyként | amelyekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | amelyben | amelyekben |
| superessive | amelyen | amelyeken |
| adessive | amelynél | amelyeknél |
| illative | amelybe | amelyekbe |
| sublative | amelyre | amelyekre |
| allative | amelyhez | amelyekhez |
| elative | amelyből | amelyekből |
| delative | amelyről | amelyekről |
| ablative | amelytől | amelyektől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular | amelyé | amelyeké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural | amelyéi | amelyekéi |
See also
- Appendix:Hungarian words with ly
References
- The entry of amely in Grétsy, László and Gábor Kemény, editors. Nyelvművelő kéziszótár (’Concise Dictionary for Language Cultivation’). Second, revised and extended edition. Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN (pp. 46–47 in this PDF)
Further reading
- amely 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
- amely in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (’A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2023)