olyan
Hungarian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈojɒn]
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: olyan
- Rhymes: -ɒn
Determiner
olyan
- such a/an …, that kind of
- Olyan embert keres, aki tud jól gépelni. ― He is looking for such a person who can type well.
Pronoun
olyan
- such a thing, something like that, that kind of thing
- Coordinate term: ilyen
- Az egyik olyan, mint a másik. ― One is like the other. (literally, “…is such as the…”)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | olyan | olyanok |
| accusative | olyat olyant |
olyanokat |
| dative | olyannak | olyanoknak |
| instrumental | olyannal | olyanokkal |
| causal-final | olyanért | olyanokért |
| translative | olyanná | olyanokká |
| terminative | olyanig | olyanokig |
| essive-formal | olyanként | olyanokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | olyanban | olyanokban |
| superessive | olyanon | olyanokon |
| adessive | olyannál | olyanoknál |
| illative | olyanba | olyanokba |
| sublative | olyanra | olyanokra |
| allative | olyanhoz | olyanokhoz |
| elative | olyanból | olyanokból |
| delative | olyanról | olyanokról |
| ablative | olyantól | olyanoktól |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
olyané | olyanoké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
olyanéi | olyanokéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | olyanom | olyanjaim |
| 2nd person sing. | olyanod | olyanjaid |
| 3rd person sing. | olyanja | olyanjai |
| 1st person plural | olyanunk | olyanjaink |
| 2nd person plural | olyanotok | olyanjaitok |
| 3rd person plural | olyanjuk | olyanjaik |
Derived terms
Compound words
- éppolyan
- olyanfajta
- olyanféle
- olyanforma
- olyanszerű
- olyantájban
- ugyanolyan
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”).
- Appendix:Hungarian words with ly
Further reading
- olyan 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.