ily
English
Phrase
ily
- (Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of I love you.
Translations
Hungarian
Etymology
Lexicalization of the i variant of the demonstrative pronoun e ~ ez.[1][2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈij]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ij
Pronoun
ily
- (archaic or literary, except in the accusative and some fixed phrases) such
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ily | — |
| accusative | ilyet | — |
| dative | ilynek | — |
| instrumental | illyel | — |
| causal-final | ilyért | — |
| translative | illyé | — |
| terminative | ilyig | — |
| essive-formal | ilyként | — |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | ilyben | — |
| superessive | ilyen | — |
| adessive | ilynél | — |
| illative | ilybe | — |
| sublative | ilyre | — |
| allative | ilyhez | — |
| elative | ilyből | — |
| delative | ilyről | — |
| ablative | ilytől | — |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
ilyé | — |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
ilyéi | — |
Derived terms
- ilyen
- ilyetén
Compound words
See also
- Appendix:Hungarian words with ly
References
- ^ ily in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
- ^ Eőry, Vilma. Értelmező szótár+ (“Explanatory Dictionary Plus”). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2007. →ISBN
Further reading
- ily 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.