Erdély
Hungarian
Etymology
From erdő (“forest”) + Old Hungarian elü, elv,[1] literally “the region beyond the forest”.[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɛrdeːj]
- Hyphenation: Er‧dély
- Rhymes: -eːj
Proper noun
Erdély
- Transylvania (a historical region in western Romania)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Erdély | — |
| accusative | Erdélyt | — |
| dative | Erdélynek | — |
| instrumental | Erdéllyel | — |
| causal-final | Erdélyért | — |
| translative | Erdéllyé | — |
| terminative | Erdélyig | — |
| essive-formal | Erdélyként | — |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | Erdélyben | — |
| superessive | Erdélyen | — |
| adessive | Erdélynél | — |
| illative | Erdélybe | — |
| sublative | Erdélyre | — |
| allative | Erdélyhez | — |
| elative | Erdélyből | — |
| delative | Erdélyről | — |
| ablative | Erdélytől | — |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
Erdélyé | — |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
Erdélyéi | — |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | Erdélyem | — |
| 2nd person sing. | Erdélyed | — |
| 3rd person sing. | Erdélye | — |
| 1st person plural | Erdélyünk | — |
| 2nd person plural | Erdélyetek | — |
| 3rd person plural | Erdélyük | — |
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Ottoman Turkish: اردل (erdel)
- Turkish: Erdel
- → Romanian: Ardeal
- → Armenian: Առտիալ (Aṙtial), Առդեալ (Aṙdeal)
See also
- Appendix:Hungarian words with ly
References
- ^ Entry #1729 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
- ^ https://e-nyelv.hu/2016-08-10/erdely/