batyu
Hungarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Of uncertain origin. Either borrowed from Slovak batoh, or internally derived as a nominalization of the present participle form of a lost verb stem related to bugyolál (“to wrap”), bugyor (“bindle”) and bonyolít (“to entangle”). First attested in 1792.[1][2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]batyu (plural batyuk)
- bundle (package of things wrapped in a piece of fabric tied at the corners for carrying)
- (cooking) parcel (a small amount of food that has been wrapped up in pastry brought together at the corners)
- túrós batyu ― cottage cheese/curd cheese parcel
- (figurative) baggage, burden, weight (a cause of worry; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | batyu | batyuk |
| accusative | batyut | batyukat |
| dative | batyunak | batyuknak |
| instrumental | batyuval | batyukkal |
| causal-final | batyuért | batyukért |
| translative | batyuvá | batyukká |
| terminative | batyuig | batyukig |
| essive-formal | batyuként | batyukként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | batyuban | batyukban |
| superessive | batyun | batyukon |
| adessive | batyunál | batyuknál |
| illative | batyuba | batyukba |
| sublative | batyura | batyukra |
| allative | batyuhoz | batyukhoz |
| elative | batyuból | batyukból |
| delative | batyuról | batyukról |
| ablative | batyutól | batyuktól |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
batyué | batyuké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
batyuéi | batyukéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | batyum | batyuim |
| 2nd person sing. | batyud | batyuid |
| 3rd person sing. | batyuja | batyui |
| 1st person plural | batyunk | batyuink |
| 2nd person plural | batyutok | batyuitok |
| 3rd person plural | batyujuk | batyuik |
Derived terms
[edit]Compound words
References
[edit]- ^ batyu 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.
- ^ batyu 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.)
Further reading
[edit]- batyu 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.
- batyu 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 2024).