bárhány
Hungarian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbaːrɦaːɲ]
- Hyphenation: bár‧hány
- Rhymes: -aːɲ
Pronoun
bárhány
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | bárhány | — |
| accusative | bárhányat | — |
| dative | bárhánynak | — |
| instrumental | bárhánnyal | — |
| causal-final | bárhányért | — |
| translative | bárhánnyá | — |
| terminative | bárhányig | — |
| essive-formal | bárhányként | — |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | bárhányban | — |
| superessive | bárhányon | — |
| adessive | bárhánynál | — |
| illative | bárhányba | — |
| sublative | bárhányra | — |
| allative | bárhányhoz | — |
| elative | bárhányból | — |
| delative | bárhányról | — |
| ablative | bárhánytól | — |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
bárhányé | — |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
bárhányéi | — |
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”).
Further reading
- bárhány 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).