néni
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Hungarian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]néni (plural nénik)
- aunt, Mrs. (a form of address for an older woman, especially by children or in case of great age difference)
- Coordinate term: bácsi
- Olga néni ― Aunt Olga
- Kovács néni ― Mrs. Kovács
- doktor néni ― (lady) doctor
- (childish) aunt (any adult woman)
- (dated) (chiefly with a possessive suffix) Synonym of nagynéni (“aunt”, the sister or sister-in-law of one’s parent)
- (dated) (chiefly with a possessive suffix) Synonym of néne (“elder sister”)
Usage notes
[edit]It may sound patronizing when used by adults (e.g. by a doctor to address his/her patient), whether with or without a name element.
Declension
[edit]Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | néni | nénik |
accusative | nénit | néniket |
dative | néninek | néniknek |
instrumental | nénivel | nénikkel |
causal-final | néniért | nénikért |
translative | nénivé | nénikké |
terminative | néniig | nénikig |
essive-formal | néniként | nénikként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | néniben | nénikben |
superessive | nénin | néniken |
adessive | néninél | néniknél |
illative | nénibe | nénikbe |
sublative | nénire | nénikre |
allative | nénihez | nénikhez |
elative | néniből | nénikből |
delative | néniről | nénikről |
ablative | nénitől | néniktől |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
nénié | néniké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
néniéi | nénikéi |
Possessive forms of néni | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | nénim | nénijeim (or néniim) |
2nd person sing. | nénid | nénijeid (or néniid) |
3rd person sing. | nénije | nénijei (or nénii) |
1st person plural | nénink | nénijeink (or néniink) |
2nd person plural | nénitek | nénijeitek (or néniitek) |
3rd person plural | nénijük | nénijeik (or néniik) |
Derived terms
[edit]Compound words
Further reading
[edit]- néni 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