annyi
Hungarian
Etymology
From az (“that”, demonstrative pronoun) + -nyi (adjective-forming suffix expressing measure).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɒɲːi]
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: any‧nyi
- Rhymes: -ɲi
Pronoun
annyi
- so much, so many
- Coordinate term: ennyi
- Annyi vendég jött, hogy két asztalt kellett megterítenünk.
- So many guests came that we had to set two tables.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | annyi | — |
| accusative | annyit | — |
| dative | annyinak | — |
| instrumental | annyival | — |
| causal-final | annyiért | — |
| translative | annyivá | — |
| terminative | annyiig | — |
| essive-formal | annyiként | — |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | annyiban | — |
| superessive | annyin | — |
| adessive | annyinál | — |
| illative | annyiba | — |
| sublative | annyira | — |
| allative | annyihoz | — |
| elative | annyiból | — |
| delative | annyiról | — |
| ablative | annyitól | — |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
annyié | — |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
annyiéi | — |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | annyim | — |
| 2nd person sing. | annyid | — |
| 3rd person sing. | annyija | — |
| 1st person plural | annyink | — |
| 2nd person plural | annyitok | — |
| 3rd person plural | annyijuk | — |
Derived terms
Compound words
- annyi-amennyi
- annyiadmagával
- annyifajta
- annyifelé
- annyiféle
- annyira-amennyire
- ezerannyi
- éppannyi
- feleannyi
- félannyi
- kétannyi
- megannyi
- mégannyi
- mindannyi
- mindmegannyi
- negyedannyi
- szintannyi
- tizedannyi
- ugyanannyi
Expressions
See also
1 Semhogy and semmint are conjunctions meaning “(rather) than”, “before” (as in inkább meghal, semhogy… ― he'll rather die than…).
2 Valamint is now only used in the sense of “as well as” in enumerations.
3 Mindeddig/-addig mean “up until this/that point” (= egészen eddig/addig).
Csak following relative pronouns expresses “-ever”, e.g. aki csak (“whoever”); is after “any” pronouns emphasizes “no matter”: akármit is (“no matter what”).
References
- ^ annyi in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.
Further reading
- annyi in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
- annyi in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).
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Alternative forms
Etymology
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Adverb
annyi