ideg
Hungarian
Etymology
From Proto-Uralic *jänte (“sinew”). Cognates include Mansi and Finnish jänne (“tendon, sinew; bowstring”). The original Hungarian meaning was bowstring. The meaning nerve was introduced by Ferenc Toldy during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.[1][2]
Pronunciation
Noun
ideg (plural idegek)
Declension
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | ideg | idegek |
accusative | ideget | idegeket |
dative | idegnek | idegeknek |
instrumental | ideggel | idegekkel |
causal-final | idegért | idegekért |
translative | ideggé | idegekké |
terminative | idegig | idegekig |
essive-formal | idegként | idegekként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | idegben | idegekben |
superessive | idegen | idegeken |
adessive | idegnél | idegeknél |
illative | idegbe | idegekbe |
sublative | idegre | idegekre |
allative | ideghez | idegekhez |
elative | idegből | idegekből |
delative | idegről | idegekről |
ablative | idegtől | idegektől |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
idegé | idegeké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
idegéi | idegekéi |
Possessive forms of ideg | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | idegem | idegeim |
2nd person sing. | ideged | idegeid |
3rd person sing. | idege | idegei |
1st person plural | idegünk | idegeink |
2nd person plural | idegetek | idegeitek |
3rd person plural | idegük | idegeik |
Derived terms
Compound words
Expressions
References
- ^ Entry #169 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
- ^ ideg 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.)
- Vizi E. Szilveszter, Magyar Orvosi Nyelv. NOK Kiadó, Budapest, 2001 [1]
Further reading
- ideg in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“An Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN