villany

See also: Villány

English

Noun

villany (plural villanies)

1. Obsolete form of villainy.

Hungarian

Etymology

From the stem vill-, a back-formation of villám (“lightning, thunderbolt”) +‎ -any (noun-forming suffix). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvilːɒɲ]
• Hyphenation: vil‧lany
• Rhymes: -ɒɲ

Noun

villany (countable and uncountable, plural villanyok)

1. electricity

   Synonyms: villamosság, elektromosság

2. (electric) light, lamp (for a room or a building)

   Synonyms: lámpa, világítás

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	villany	villanyok
accusative	villanyt	villanyokat
dative	villanynak	villanyoknak
instrumental	villannyal	villanyokkal
causal-final	villanyért	villanyokért
translative	villannyá	villanyokká
terminative	villanyig	villanyokig
essive-formal	villanyként	villanyokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	villanyban	villanyokban
superessive	villanyon	villanyokon
adessive	villanynál	villanyoknál
illative	villanyba	villanyokba
sublative	villanyra	villanyokra
allative	villanyhoz	villanyokhoz
elative	villanyból	villanyokból
delative	villanyról	villanyokról
ablative	villanytól	villanyoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	villanyé	villanyoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	villanyéi	villanyokéi

Possessive forms of villany
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	villanyom	villanyaim
2nd person sing.	villanyod	villanyaid
3rd person sing.	villanya	villanyai
1st person plural	villanyunk	villanyaink
2nd person plural	villanyotok	villanyaitok
3rd person plural	villanyuk	villanyaik

Derived terms

Compound words

• villanykapcsoló
• villanykörte
• villanyoltás
• villanyóra
• villanyszerelő

 

Further reading

• villany 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