néni
See also: není and neni-
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈneːni]
- Hyphenation: né‧ni
- Rhymes: -ni
Noun
néni (plural nénik)
- aunt, Mrs. (a form of address for an older woman, especially by children or in case of great age difference)
- Coordinate term: bácsi
- Olga néni ― Aunt Olga
- Kovács néni ― Mrs. Kovács
- doktor néni ― (lady) doctor
- (dated) (chiefly with a possessive suffix) Synonym of nagynéni (“aunt”, the sister or sister-in-law of one’s parent)
- (dated) (chiefly with a possessive suffix) Synonym of néne (“elder sister”)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | néni | nénik |
| accusative | nénit | néniket |
| dative | néninek | néniknek |
| instrumental | nénivel | nénikkel |
| causal-final | néniért | nénikért |
| translative | nénivé | nénikké |
| terminative | néniig | nénikig |
| essive-formal | néniként | nénikként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | néniben | nénikben |
| superessive | nénin | néniken |
| adessive | néninél | néniknél |
| illative | nénibe | nénikbe |
| sublative | nénire | nénikre |
| allative | nénihez | nénikhez |
| elative | néniből | nénikből |
| delative | néniről | nénikről |
| ablative | nénitől | néniktől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular | nénié | néniké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural | néniéi | nénikéi |
| Possessive forms of néni | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | nénim | nénijeim |
| 2nd person sing. | nénid | nénijeid |
| 3rd person sing. | nénije | nénijei |
| 1st person plural | nénink | nénijeink |
| 2nd person plural | nénitek | nénijeitek |
| 3rd person plural | nénijük | nénijeik |
Derived terms
- nénike
Compound words
- nagynéni
Further reading
- néni 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