Vajdaság
Hungarian
Etymology
Calque of Serbo-Croatian Vòjvodina/Во̀јводина (literally “voivodeship”), compare German Woiwodschaft and Hungarian vajda (“voivode”), vajdaság.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈvɒjdɒʃaːɡ]
- Hyphenation: Vaj‧da‧ság
- Rhymes: -aːɡ
Proper noun
Vajdaság
- Vojvodina (a northern autonomous province of Serbia)
- Synonym: Vajdaság Autonóm Tartomány
Usage notes
Hungarian speakers from this region normally use this name without the definite article “a” (unless required by other syntactic reasons), while those from within Hungary tend to use it with this article. Both solutions are acceptable but the version without the article is more welcome for locals.
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | Vajdaság | — |
| accusative | Vajdaságot | — |
| dative | Vajdaságnak | — |
| instrumental | Vajdasággal | — |
| causal-final | Vajdaságért | — |
| translative | Vajdasággá | — |
| terminative | Vajdaságig | — |
| essive-formal | Vajdaságként | — |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | Vajdaságban | — |
| superessive | Vajdaságon | — |
| adessive | Vajdaságnál | — |
| illative | Vajdaságba | — |
| sublative | Vajdaságra | — |
| allative | Vajdasághoz | — |
| elative | Vajdaságból | — |
| delative | Vajdaságról | — |
| ablative | Vajdaságtól | — |
| non-attributive possessive - singular | Vajdaságé | — |
| non-attributive possessive - plural | Vajdaságéi | — |
| Possessive forms of Vajdaság | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | Vajdaságom | — |
| 2nd person sing. | Vajdaságod | — |
| 3rd person sing. | Vajdasága | — |
| 1st person plural | Vajdaságunk | — |
| 2nd person plural | Vajdaságotok | — |
| 3rd person plural | Vajdaságuk | — |
Derived terms
- vajdasági