hangyasav
Hungarian
Etymology
hangya (“ant”) + sav (“acid”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈhɒɲɟɒʃɒv]
- Hyphenation: han‧gya‧sav
- Rhymes: -ɒv
Noun
hangyasav (plural hangyasavak)
- (organic chemistry) formic acid, methanoic acid (the simplest carboxylic acid, HCOOH, a colourless, corrosive liquid with a sharp odour; it is present in the stings of ants, bees and nettles, and is prepared industrially by the oxidation of methanol or formaldehyde)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | hangyasav | hangyasavak |
| accusative | hangyasavat | hangyasavakat |
| dative | hangyasavnak | hangyasavaknak |
| instrumental | hangyasavval | hangyasavakkal |
| causal-final | hangyasavért | hangyasavakért |
| translative | hangyasavvá | hangyasavakká |
| terminative | hangyasavig | hangyasavakig |
| essive-formal | hangyasavként | hangyasavakként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | hangyasavban | hangyasavakban |
| superessive | hangyasavon | hangyasavakon |
| adessive | hangyasavnál | hangyasavaknál |
| illative | hangyasavba | hangyasavakba |
| sublative | hangyasavra | hangyasavakra |
| allative | hangyasavhoz | hangyasavakhoz |
| elative | hangyasavból | hangyasavakból |
| delative | hangyasavról | hangyasavakról |
| ablative | hangyasavtól | hangyasavaktól |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
hangyasavé | hangyasavaké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
hangyasavéi | hangyasavakéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | hangyasavam | hangyasavaim |
| 2nd person sing. | hangyasavad | hangyasavaid |
| 3rd person sing. | hangyasava | hangyasavai |
| 1st person plural | hangyasavunk | hangyasavaink |
| 2nd person plural | hangyasavatok | hangyasavaitok |
| 3rd person plural | hangyasavuk | hangyasavaik |
Further reading
- hangyasav 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.