oly

See also: 'oly and OLY

Hungarian

Etymology

Lexicalization of the u ~ o variant of the demonstrative pronoun az (“that”) +‎ -l (ablative suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈoj]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -oj

Pronoun

oly

1. (archaic or literary, except in the accusative and some fixed phrases) such

   Synonym: olyan

   oly módon ― in such a manner

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	oly	—
accusative	olyat	—
dative	olynak	—
instrumental	ollyal	—
causal-final	olyért	—
translative	ollyá	—
terminative	olyig	—
essive-formal	olyként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	olyban	—
superessive	olyon	—
adessive	olynál	—
illative	olyba	—
sublative	olyra	—
allative	olyhoz	—
elative	olyból	—
delative	olyról	—
ablative	olytól	—
non-attributive possessive – singular	olyé	—
non-attributive possessive – plural	olyéi	—

Derived terms

• olyan
• olykor

Compound words

• éppoly

See also

• ily, ilyen
• Appendix:Hungarian words with ly

Prefixes used in correlatives (demonstrative adverbs)

common ones

• a- (from az)
• akár-, bár-
• épp-
• más-
• mind(en)-
• se(m/n)-
• ugyan-
• vala-

less common and/or improductive ones with limited scope

• am-, em-, im-
• csak-
• el-
• még-
• oly-
• szint-
• úgy-

Further reading

• (such): oly 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.
• (some [dialectal]): oly 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.

Middle English

Adjective

oly

1. alternative form of holy (sacred)