nyíl
Hungarian
Etymology
From Proto-Uralic *ńële (“arrow”).[1][2] Cognates include Southern Mansi ńėl, Northern Mansi ня̄л (ńāl), Finnish nuoli, Estonian nool.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɲiːl]
- Hyphenation: nyíl
Noun
nyíl (plural nyilak)
- arrow (projectile)
- arrow (symbol)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | nyíl | nyilak |
| accusative | nyilat | nyilakat |
| dative | nyílnak | nyilaknak |
| instrumental | nyíllal | nyilakkal |
| causal-final | nyílért | nyilakért |
| translative | nyíllá | nyilakká |
| terminative | nyílig | nyilakig |
| essive-formal | nyílként | nyilakként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | nyílban | nyilakban |
| superessive | nyílon | nyilakon |
| adessive | nyílnál | nyilaknál |
| illative | nyílba | nyilakba |
| sublative | nyílra | nyilakra |
| allative | nyílhoz | nyilakhoz |
| elative | nyílból | nyilakból |
| delative | nyílról | nyilakról |
| ablative | nyíltól | nyilaktól |
| Possessive forms of nyíl | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | nyilam | nyilaim |
| 2nd person sing. | nyilad | nyilaid |
| 3rd person sing. | nyila | nyilai |
| 1st person plural | nyilunk | nyilaink |
| 2nd person plural | nyilatok | nyilaitok |
| 3rd person plural | nyiluk | nyilaik |
Derived terms
- nyilas
- nyílhegy
See also
- íj
References
- Entry #622 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
- Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN