nejlon
Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowed from English nylon, genericized from the registered brand name "Nylon", a family of synthetic polymers manufactured by the DuPont company. DuPont stated that the letters "nyl" were arbitrary and the "on" was copied from the suffixes of other fibers such as cotton and Rayon.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈnɛjlon]
- Hyphenation: nej‧lon
Noun
nejlon (plural nejlonok)
- nylon (polyamide-based strong, transparent plastic)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | nejlon | nejlonok |
| accusative | nejlont | nejlonokat |
| dative | nejlonnak | nejlonoknak |
| instrumental | nejlonnal | nejlonokkal |
| causal-final | nejlonért | nejlonokért |
| translative | nejlonná | nejlonokká |
| terminative | nejlonig | nejlonokig |
| essive-formal | nejlonként | nejlonokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | nejlonban | nejlonokban |
| superessive | nejlonon | nejlonokon |
| adessive | nejlonnál | nejlonoknál |
| illative | nejlonba | nejlonokba |
| sublative | nejlonra | nejlonokra |
| allative | nejlonhoz | nejlonokhoz |
| elative | nejlonból | nejlonokból |
| delative | nejlonról | nejlonokról |
| ablative | nejlontól | nejlonoktól |
| Possessive forms of nejlon | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | nejlonom | nejlonjaim |
| 2nd person sing. | nejlonod | nejlonjaid |
| 3rd person sing. | nejlonja | nejlonjai |
| 1st person plural | nejlonunk | nejlonjaink |
| 2nd person plural | nejlonotok | nejlonjaitok |
| 3rd person plural | nejlonjuk | nejlonjaik |
Derived terms
- nejlonharisnya
- nejlonzacskó