lyuk
Hungarian
Alternative forms
- lik, luk
Etymology
Of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Uralic *lowkke (“hole, opening, cavity, hollow”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈjuk]
- Hyphenation: lyuk
- Rhymes: -uk
Noun
lyuk (plural lyukak)
- hole, opening, aperture
- Synonyms: nyílás, rés, repedés, hasadék, hasíték, hasadás
- burrow, hollow, lair (e.g. of an animal)
- Synonyms: üreg, odú
- (colloquial) hole, den, hovel (an undesirable place to live or visit)
- dental cavity (a small or large hole in a tooth caused by caries)
- Synonym: foglyuk
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | lyuk | lyukak |
| accusative | lyukat | lyukakat |
| dative | lyuknak | lyukaknak |
| instrumental | lyukkal | lyukakkal |
| causal-final | lyukért | lyukakért |
| translative | lyukká | lyukakká |
| terminative | lyukig | lyukakig |
| essive-formal | lyukként | lyukakként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | lyukban | lyukakban |
| superessive | lyukon | lyukakon |
| adessive | lyuknál | lyukaknál |
| illative | lyukba | lyukakba |
| sublative | lyukra | lyukakra |
| allative | lyukhoz | lyukakhoz |
| elative | lyukból | lyukakból |
| delative | lyukról | lyukakról |
| ablative | lyuktól | lyukaktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular | lyuké | lyukaké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural | lyukéi | lyukakéi |
| Possessive forms of lyuk | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | lyukam | lyukaim |
| 2nd person sing. | lyukad | lyukaid |
| 3rd person sing. | lyuka | lyukai |
| 1st person plural | lyukunk | lyukaink |
| 2nd person plural | lyukatok | lyukaitok |
| 3rd person plural | lyukuk | lyukaik |
Derived terms
- lyuggat
- lyukacsos
- lyukad
- lyukas
- lyukaszt
Compound words
- csaplyuk
- egérlyuk
- foglyuk
- fúrólyuk
- gomblyuk
- karlyuk
- kályhalyuk
- kemencelyuk
- kéménylyuk
- lyukkamera
- lyukkártya
- orrlyuk
- ózonlyuk
- öreglyuk
- rókalyuk
- segglyuk
- súgólyuk
- szeglyuk
Expressions
- annyi, mint rostán a lyuk
- bolond lyukból bolond szél fúj
- egyből a lyukba
- fekete lyuk
- lyukat beszél a hasába
See also
- Appendix:Hungarian words with ly
References
- Entry #493 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary.
- lyuk 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
- lyuk 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