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ángy

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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Possibly derived from Proto-Uralic *ańa (wife of an older male relative; mother).[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ángy (plural ángyok)

  1. (folksy) sister-in-law (the wife of a usually close, older male relative, such as a brother or an uncle)
    Synonym: sógornő

Declension

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Possessive forms of ángy
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. ángyom ángyaim
2nd person sing. ángyod ángyaid
3rd person sing. ángya ángyai
1st person plural ángyunk ángyaink
2nd person plural ángyotok ángyaitok
3rd person plural ángyuk ángyaik

Derived terms

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Compound words

Descendants

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  • ? Pannonian Rusyn: андя (andja)

References

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  1. ^ Entry #15 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. ^ ángy in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2025.

Further reading

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  • ángy in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2026).
  • ángy 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.