sérv

See also: serv and Serv.

Hungarian

Etymology

Shortened from the obsolete sérvés (“injury, swelling, hernia”). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries. The obsolete noun was derived from the v- root of the verbs sérül (“to become injured”), sért (“to injure, damage”) with the noun-forming suffix -és. [1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈʃeːrv]
Hyphenation: sérv
Rhymes: -eːrv

Noun

sérv (plural sérvek)

(pathology) hernia (part of the body protruding abnormally through a tear or opening in an adjacent part)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	sérv	sérvek
accusative	sérvet	sérveket
dative	sérvnek	sérveknek
instrumental	sérvvel	sérvekkel
causal-final	sérvért	sérvekért
translative	sérvvé	sérvekké
terminative	sérvig	sérvekig
essive-formal	sérvként	sérvekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	sérvben	sérvekben
superessive	sérven	sérveken
adessive	sérvnél	sérveknél
illative	sérvbe	sérvekbe
sublative	sérvre	sérvekre
allative	sérvhez	sérvekhez
elative	sérvből	sérvekből
delative	sérvről	sérvekről
ablative	sérvtől	sérvektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	sérvé	sérveké
non-attributive possessive - plural	sérvéi	sérvekéi

Possessive forms of sérv
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	sérvem	sérveim
2nd person sing.	sérved	sérveid
3rd person sing.	sérve	sérvei
1st person plural	sérvünk	sérveink
2nd person plural	sérvetek	sérveitek
3rd person plural	sérvük	sérveik

Derived terms

lágyéksérv

References

sérv 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.)