hű
Appearance
See also: Appendix:Variations of "hu"
Hungarian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- hív (archaic, now only in some derivatives)
Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From the hi- stem variant of the verb hisz.[1]
Adjective
[edit]hű (comparative hűbb or hívebb, superlative leghűbb or leghívebb)
- faithful
- Antonym: hűtlen
- 1877, János Arany, Híd-avatás[1] (Consecration of the Bridge), poem, translated by Péter Zollman
- „Én hű valék a kézfogásig / S elvette Alfréd a hugom’!”
- “I loved my Fred who said he chose me, / but took my sister for his bride!”
- (literally, “I was faithful [to Alfred] till the handshake, and Alfred married my younger sister!”)
- “I loved my Fred who said he chose me, / but took my sister for his bride!”
- „Én hű valék a kézfogásig / S elvette Alfréd a hugom’!”
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | hű | hűek |
| accusative | hűt | hűeket |
| dative | hűnek | hűeknek |
| instrumental | hűvel | hűekkel |
| causal-final | hűért | hűekért |
| translative | hűvé | hűekké |
| terminative | hűig | hűekig |
| essive-formal | hűként | hűekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | hűben | hűekben |
| superessive | hűn | hűeken |
| adessive | hűnél | hűeknél |
| illative | hűbe | hűekbe |
| sublative | hűre | hűekre |
| allative | hűhöz | hűekhez |
| elative | hűből | hűekből |
| delative | hűről | hűekről |
| ablative | hűtől | hűektől |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
hűé | hűeké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
hűéi | hűekéi |
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]An onomatopoeia.[1]
Interjection
[edit]hű
- oh! (the expression of surprise or mild scare, or that of relief after realizing there was no real danger)
- wow!
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 hű 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]- (faithful): hű 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.
- (oh, wow): hű 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.
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