Horthy

Hungarian[edit]

Horthy on Hungarian Wikipedia

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Horthy

a surname
Miklós Horthy, Hungarian admiral in the First World War and later regent of Hungary

Hungarian surnames ending in -i or -y (both pronounced /i/, e.g. Munkácsy, Kölcsey, Petőfi, Jókai) may form their plurals with or without a linking vowel. These variants are usually synonyms with an occasional difference in meaning. (Reference in Hungarian: e-nyelv: The plural of surnames ending in -i or -y.)

The variant with a linking vowel may indicate the persons belonging to the family with that surname.
Megérkeztek a Munkácsyak! ― The Munkácsys (the Munkácsy family) are here!
The variant without a linking vowel may indicate similar personalities or the works, writings, paintings, etc. of a famous person with that surname.
Megérkeztek a Munkácsyk! ― The Munkácsys (the paintings of Munkácsy) are here!

Inflection of Horthy
	singular	plural
nominative	Horthy	Horthyk Horthyak
accusative	Horthyt	Horthykat Horthyakat
dative	Horthynak	Horthyknak Horthyaknak
instrumental	Horthyval	Horthykkal Horthyakkal
causal-final	Horthyért	Horthykért Horthyakért
translative	Horthyvá	Horthykká Horthyakká
terminative	Horthyig	Horthykig Horthyakig
essive-formal	Horthyként	Horthykként Horthyakként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Horthyban	Horthykban Horthyakban
superessive	Horthyn	Horthykon Horthyakon
adessive	Horthynál	Horthyknál Horthyaknál
illative	Horthyba	Horthykba Horthyakba
sublative	Horthyra	Horthykra Horthyakra
allative	Horthyhoz	Horthykhoz Horthyakhoz
elative	Horthyból	Horthykból Horthyakból
delative	Horthyról	Horthykról Horthyakról
ablative	Horthytól	Horthyktól Horthyaktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	Horthyé	Horthyké Horthyaké
non-attributive possessive - plural	Horthyéi	Horthykéi Horthyakéi