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mennykő

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Hungarian

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Alternative forms

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  • ménkű (folksy or informal; also as adverb)

Etymology

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First attested in c. 1525. menny (“heaven”) +‎ kő (“stone”)[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈmɛɲkøː]
  • Hyphenation: menny‧kő
  • Rhymes: -køː

Noun

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mennykő (countable and uncountable, plural mennykövek)

  1. (folksy, dated) thunderbolt, thunderclap, thunderstone, a flash of lightning together with the thunder
    Hyponyms: villámcsapás, mennydörgés
  2. (figuratively) thunderbolt (an event that is terrible, horrific or unexpected)
    Synonym: csapás
  3. (informal) heck, deuce (intensifier before an adjective or an adverb)

Declension

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or less commonly

Possessive forms of mennykő
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. mennykövem mennyköveim
2nd person sing. mennyköved mennyköveid
3rd person sing. mennyköve mennykövei
1st person plural mennykövünk mennyköveink
2nd person plural mennykövetek mennyköveitek
3rd person plural mennykövük mennyköveik

Derived terms

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Compound words

References

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  1. ^ mennykő 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

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  • mennykő 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.