mennyi
Hungarian
Etymology
From the më- stem variant of mi (“what?”) + -nyi (“adjective suffix: -ful”).[1]
Pronunciation
Pronoun
mennyi?
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | mennyi | — |
| accusative | mennyit | — |
| dative | mennyinek | — |
| instrumental | mennyivel | — |
| causal-final | mennyiért | — |
| translative | mennyivé | — |
| terminative | mennyiig | — |
| essive-formal | mennyiként | — |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | mennyiben | — |
| superessive | mennyin | — |
| adessive | mennyinél | — |
| illative | mennyibe | — |
| sublative | mennyire | — |
| allative | mennyihez | — |
| elative | mennyiből | — |
| delative | mennyiről | — |
| ablative | mennyitől | — |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
mennyié | — |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
mennyiéi | — |
| Possessive forms of mennyi | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | mennyim | — |
| 2nd person sing. | mennyid | — |
| 3rd person sing. | mennyije | — |
| 1st person plural | mennyink | — |
| 2nd person plural | mennyitek | — |
| 3rd person plural | mennyijük | — |
Derived terms
(Compound words):
(Expressions):
References
- ^ mennyi 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.)