keh

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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Of onomatopoeic origin, related to the stem of köhög (to cough). First attested in c. 1550.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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keh (usually uncountable, plural kehek)

  1. heaves, broken wind (disease of horses characterized by coughing and difficult breathing)
    Synonyms: kehesség, száraz keh

Declension

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Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative keh kehek
accusative kehet keheket
dative kehnek keheknek
instrumental kehhel kehekkel
causal-final kehért kehekért
translative kehhé kehekké
terminative kehig kehekig
essive-formal kehként kehekként
essive-modal
inessive kehben kehekben
superessive kehen keheken
adessive kehnél keheknél
illative kehbe kehekbe
sublative kehre kehekre
allative kehhez kehekhez
elative kehből kehekből
delative kehről kehekről
ablative kehtől kehektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
kehé keheké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
kehéi kehekéi
Possessive forms of keh
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. kehem keheim
2nd person sing. kehed keheid
3rd person sing. kehe kehei
1st person plural kehünk keheink
2nd person plural kehetek keheitek
3rd person plural kehük keheik

Derived terms

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Expressions

References

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  1. ^ keh 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, 2011–2024.

Further reading

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  • keh 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