Szilágyi
Hungarian
Etymology
From szilágyi (“of, from, or related to Szilágy”), from Szilágy (a village in Hungary) + -i (adjective-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsilaːɟi]
- Hyphenation: Szi‧lá‧gyi
- Rhymes: -ɟi
Proper noun
Szilágyi
- a habitational surname
Usage notes
Hungarian surnames ending in -i or -y (both pronounced /i/, e.g. Munkácsy, Kölcsey, Petőfi, Jókai) may form their plurals with or without a linking vowel. These variants are usually synonyms with an occasional difference in meaning. (Reference in Hungarian: e-nyelv: The plural of surnames ending in -i or -y.)
- The variant with a linking vowel may indicate the persons belonging to the family with that surname.
- Megérkeztek a Munkácsyak! ― The Munkácsys (the Munkácsy family) are here!
- The variant without a linking vowel may indicate similar personalities or the works, writings, paintings, etc. of a famous person with that surname.
- Megérkeztek a Munkácsyk! ― The Munkácsys (the paintings of Munkácsy) are here!
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Szilágyi | Szilágyik Szilágyiak |
| accusative | Szilágyit | Szilágyikat Szilágyiakat |
| dative | Szilágyinak | Szilágyiknak Szilágyiaknak |
| instrumental | Szilágyival | Szilágyikkal Szilágyiakkal |
| causal-final | Szilágyiért | Szilágyikért Szilágyiakért |
| translative | Szilágyivá | Szilágyikká Szilágyiakká |
| terminative | Szilágyiig | Szilágyikig Szilágyiakig |
| essive-formal | Szilágyiként | Szilágyikként Szilágyiakként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | Szilágyiban | Szilágyikban Szilágyiakban |
| superessive | Szilágyin | Szilágyikon Szilágyiakon |
| adessive | Szilágyinál | Szilágyiknál Szilágyiaknál |
| illative | Szilágyiba | Szilágyikba Szilágyiakba |
| sublative | Szilágyira | Szilágyikra Szilágyiakra |
| allative | Szilágyihoz | Szilágyikhoz Szilágyiakhoz |
| elative | Szilágyiból | Szilágyikból Szilágyiakból |
| delative | Szilágyiról | Szilágyikról Szilágyiakról |
| ablative | Szilágyitól | Szilágyiktól Szilágyiaktól |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
Szilágyié | Szilágyiké Szilágyiaké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
Szilágyiéi | Szilágyikéi Szilágyiakéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | Szilágyim | Szilágyijaim (or Szilágyiim) |
| 2nd person sing. | Szilágyid | Szilágyijaid (or Szilágyiid) |
| 3rd person sing. | Szilágyija | Szilágyijai (or Szilágyii) |
| 1st person plural | Szilágyink | Szilágyijaink (or Szilágyiink) |
| 2nd person plural | Szilágyitok | Szilágyijaitok (or Szilágyiitok) |
| 3rd person plural | Szilágyijuk | Szilágyijaik (or Szilágyiik) |
Descendants
- → English: Szilagyi
- → Pannonian Rusyn: Силадї (Siladji)
- → Romanian: Silaghi
- → Russian: Силадьи (Siladʹi)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic script: Силађи
- Latin script: Silađi
- → Ukrainian: Сіладі (Siladi)
See also
- Appendix:Hungarian surnames
References
- Hajdú, Mihály (2010) Családnevek enciklopédiája [Encyclopedia of Family Names] (in Hungarian), Budapest: Kairosz Kiadó, →ISBN