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hónalj

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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hón +‎ alj

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈhoːnɒjː]
  • Hyphenation: hón‧alj
  • Rhymes: -ɒjː

Noun

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hónalj (plural hónaljak)

  1. armpit (cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder)

Declension

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Possessive forms of hónalj
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. hónaljam hónaljaim
2nd person sing. hónaljad hónaljaid
3rd person sing. hónalja hónaljai
1st person plural hónaljunk hónaljaink
2nd person plural hónaljatok hónaljaitok
3rd person plural hónaljuk hónaljaik

Note: a rarer alternative way of forming the possessive is to form the possessive of hón and then add alja (e.g. hónom alja (my armpit)).

Further reading

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  • hónalj 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.