néni

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See also: není and neni-

Hungarian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈneːni]
  • Hyphenation: né‧ni
  • Rhymes: -ni

Noun[edit]

néni (plural nénik)

  1. aunt, Mrs. (a form of address for an older woman, especially by children or in case of great age difference)
    Coordinate term: bácsi
    Olga néniAunt Olga
    Kovács néniMrs. Kovács
    doktor néni(lady) doctor
  2. (dated) (chiefly with a possessive suffix) Synonym of nagynéni (aunt, the sister or sister-in-law of one’s parent)
  3. (dated) (chiefly with a possessive suffix) Synonym of néne (elder sister)

Declension[edit]

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative néni nénik
accusative nénit néniket
dative néninek néniknek
instrumental nénivel nénikkel
causal-final néniért nénikért
translative nénivé nénikké
terminative néniig nénikig
essive-formal néniként nénikként
essive-modal
inessive néniben nénikben
superessive nénin néniken
adessive néninél néniknél
illative nénibe nénikbe
sublative nénire nénikre
allative nénihez nénikhez
elative néniből nénikből
delative néniről nénikről
ablative nénitől néniktől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
nénié néniké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
néniéi nénikéi
Possessive forms of néni
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. nénim nénijeim
2nd person sing. nénid nénijeid
3rd person sing. nénije nénijei
1st person plural nénink nénijeink
2nd person plural nénitek nénijeitek
3rd person plural nénijük nénijeik

Derived terms[edit]

Compound words

Further reading[edit]

  • néni in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN