annak
Hungarian
Etymology
Lexicalization of az (“that”) + -nak (dative case suffix).[1]
Pronunciation
Pronoun
annak
- dative singular of az
- Ez annak az embernek a háza, akivel tegnap találkoztál. ― This is the house of that man you met yesterday.
- as such, in that capacity
- Ő most olyan tanárféle, annak is csak ideiglenes. ― He is sort of a teacher, even as such, temporary.
Derived terms
References
- ^ annak 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.)