villany
See also: Villány
English
Noun
villany (plural villanies)
- Obsolete form of villainy.
- 1887, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “A Study in Scarlet”, in Beeton’s Christmas Annual, London; New York, N.Y.: Ward, Lock & Co., part I (Being a reprint from the reminiscences of John H. Watson, M.D., […]), chapter II (The Science of Deduction), page 14:
- There is no crime to detect, or, at most, some bungling villany with a motive so transparent that even a Scotland Yard official can see through it.
Hungarian
Etymology
From the stem vill-, a back-formation of villám (“lightning, thunderbolt”) + -any (noun-forming suffix). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈvilːɒɲ]
- Hyphenation: vil‧lany
- Rhymes: -ɒɲ
Noun
villany (countable and uncountable, plural villanyok)
- electricity
- Synonyms: villamosság, elektromosság
- (electric) light, lamp (for a room or a building)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | villany | villanyok |
| accusative | villanyt | villanyokat |
| dative | villanynak | villanyoknak |
| instrumental | villannyal | villanyokkal |
| causal-final | villanyért | villanyokért |
| translative | villannyá | villanyokká |
| terminative | villanyig | villanyokig |
| essive-formal | villanyként | villanyokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | villanyban | villanyokban |
| superessive | villanyon | villanyokon |
| adessive | villanynál | villanyoknál |
| illative | villanyba | villanyokba |
| sublative | villanyra | villanyokra |
| allative | villanyhoz | villanyokhoz |
| elative | villanyból | villanyokból |
| delative | villanyról | villanyokról |
| ablative | villanytól | villanyoktól |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
villanyé | villanyoké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
villanyéi | villanyokéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | villanyom | villanyaim |
| 2nd person sing. | villanyod | villanyaid |
| 3rd person sing. | villanya | villanyai |
| 1st person plural | villanyunk | villanyaink |
| 2nd person plural | villanyotok | villanyaitok |
| 3rd person plural | villanyuk | villanyaik |
Derived terms
Compound words
- villanykapcsoló
- villanykörte
- villanyoltás
- villanyóra
- villanyszerelő
References
- ^ villany 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.)
Further reading
- villany 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.