heon

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Hungarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the he variant of the obsolete or dialectal hiu (emptiness) + -n.[1] Compare csupán (only), pusztán (barely).[1] First attested c. 1195.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈhɛon]
  • Hyphenation: he‧on
  • Rhymes: -on

Adverb[edit]

heon (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) only, solely
    • c. 1195, Benkő Lóránd, Ewithu, transl., Halotti beszéd és könyörgés:
      Eſ mend paradiſumben uolov gimilcíctul munda nekí elnie. Heon tilutoa wt ig fa gimilcetvl.
      And he told him to live on all the fruits of paradise. He only forbade him from the fruit of one tree.
    • c. 1195, Benkő Lóránd, Ewithu, transl., Halotti beszéd és könyörgés:
      Num heon muga nec. ge mend w foianec halalut evec.
      They ate death not only for him, but for all his kind.

Synonyms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 heon 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.)

Middle English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

heon

  1. Alternative form of hem (them)

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

heon

  1. Alternative form of hewen (to make a loud noise)