hamv

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Ugric *kaďma.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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hamv (plural hamvak)

  1. (literary, chiefly in the plural) ash (human or animal remains after cremation)
  2. (literary, with a possessive suffix) bloom (the delicate, powdery coating upon certain growing or newly-gathered fruits or leaves, as on grapes, plums, etc.)
    Synonym: hamvasság
  3. (literary, with a possessive suffix) bloom, freshness, rosiness (a state or time of beauty, freshness, and vigor; an opening to higher perfection, analogous to that of buds into blossoms)
    Synonyms: hamvasság, üdeség, tisztaság

Declension

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Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative hamv hamvak
accusative hamvat hamvakat
dative hamvnak hamvaknak
instrumental hamvval hamvakkal
causal-final hamvért hamvakért
translative hamvvá hamvakká
terminative hamvig hamvakig
essive-formal hamvként hamvakként
essive-modal
inessive hamvban hamvakban
superessive hamvon hamvakon
adessive hamvnál hamvaknál
illative hamvba hamvakba
sublative hamvra hamvakra
allative hamvhoz hamvakhoz
elative hamvból hamvakból
delative hamvról hamvakról
ablative hamvtól hamvaktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
hamvé hamvaké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
hamvéi hamvakéi
Possessive forms of hamv
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. hamvam hamvaim
2nd person sing. hamvad hamvaid
3rd person sing. hamva hamvai
1st person plural hamvunk hamvaink
2nd person plural hamvatok hamvaitok
3rd person plural hamvuk hamvaik

Derived terms

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Expressions
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Further reading

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  • hamv in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN