vő
See also: Appendix:Variations of "vo"
Hungarian
Alternative forms
- vej (sometimes proscribed)
Etymology
From Proto-Uralic *wäŋew. Cognates include Finnish vävy. (Probably not related to vőlegény (“fiancé, bridegroom”).)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈvøː]
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: vő
- Rhymes: -vøː
Noun
vő (plural vők)
- son-in-law
- Coordinate term: meny
- (archaic) husband
- (obsolete) fiancé, bridegroom
Declension
Its possessive forms veje etc. were coined by the analogy of fő–feje and nő–neje, while the original possessive was regular.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | vő | vők |
| accusative | vőt | vőket |
| dative | vőnek | vőknek |
| instrumental | vővel | vőkkel |
| causal-final | vőért | vőkért |
| translative | vővé | vőkké |
| terminative | vőig | vőkig |
| essive-formal | vőként | vőkként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | vőben | vőkben |
| superessive | vőn | vőkön |
| adessive | vőnél | vőknél |
| illative | vőbe | vőkbe |
| sublative | vőre | vőkre |
| allative | vőhöz | vőkhöz |
| elative | vőből | vőkből |
| delative | vőről | vőkről |
| ablative | vőtől | vőktől |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
vőé | vőké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
vőéi | vőkéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | vejem | vejeim |
| 2nd person sing. | vejed | vejeid |
| 3rd person sing. | veje | vejei |
| 1st person plural | vejünk | vejeink |
| 2nd person plural | vejetek | vejeitek |
| 3rd person plural | vejük | vejeik |
or (today less commonly)
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | vőm | vőim |
| 2nd person sing. | vőd | vőid |
| 3rd person sing. | vője | vői |
| 1st person plural | vőnk | vőink |
| 2nd person plural | vőtök | vőitek |
| 3rd person plural | vőjük | vőik |
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- vő 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.