nadragulya
Hungarian
Etymology
Probably closely related to Romanian mătrăgună, ultimately from Ancient Greek μανδραγόρας (mandragóras), another poisonous nightshade. According to Zaicz, it's a Wanderwort, related to mandragora in various languages, and the initial n is a Hungarian innovation.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈnɒdrɒɡujɒ]
- Hyphenation: nad‧ra‧gu‧lya
- Rhymes: -jɒ
Noun
nadragulya (plural nadragulyák)
- deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | nadragulya | nadragulyák |
| accusative | nadragulyát | nadragulyákat |
| dative | nadragulyának | nadragulyáknak |
| instrumental | nadragulyával | nadragulyákkal |
| causal-final | nadragulyáért | nadragulyákért |
| translative | nadragulyává | nadragulyákká |
| terminative | nadragulyáig | nadragulyákig |
| essive-formal | nadragulyaként | nadragulyákként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | nadragulyában | nadragulyákban |
| superessive | nadragulyán | nadragulyákon |
| adessive | nadragulyánál | nadragulyáknál |
| illative | nadragulyába | nadragulyákba |
| sublative | nadragulyára | nadragulyákra |
| allative | nadragulyához | nadragulyákhoz |
| elative | nadragulyából | nadragulyákból |
| delative | nadragulyáról | nadragulyákról |
| ablative | nadragulyától | nadragulyáktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular | nadragulyáé | nadragulyáké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural | nadragulyáéi | nadragulyákéi |
| Possessive forms of nadragulya | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | nadragulyám | nadragulyáim |
| 2nd person sing. | nadragulyád | nadragulyáid |
| 3rd person sing. | nadragulyája | nadragulyái |
| 1st person plural | nadragulyánk | nadragulyáink |
| 2nd person plural | nadragulyátok | nadragulyáitok |
| 3rd person plural | nadragulyájuk | nadragulyáik |
Descendants
- → Slovak: nadraguľa
- → Ukrainian: надраґуля (nadragulja)
See also
- Appendix:Hungarian words with ly
References
- nadragulya 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
- nadragulya 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
- Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden (in German), volume 3, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, page 366
- Miklosich, Franz (1872), “Die slavischen Elemente im Magyarischen”, in Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophisch-Historische Classe (in German), volume 21, Vienna, § 505, page 42