vonal

Hungarian

Etymology

From von (“to pull; to draw”) +‎ -al (noun-forming suffix). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries. First attested in 1793.^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈvonɒl]
Rhymes: -ɒl
Hyphenation: vo‧nal

Noun

vonal (plural vonalak)

line (a path marked by something, e.g. drawn by pencil)
egyenes vonal ― straight line

görbe vonal ― curved line

szaggatott vonal ― dashed line
line, route (a road connecting two places)
Synonyms: útvonal, vasútvonal
line (a threadlike crease or wrinkle marking the face, hand, or body; hence, a characteristic mark)
A jósnő a kezek vonalait vizsgálta. ― The fortune teller examined the lines on the hands.
(chess) file (the eight vertical lines labeled from a to h)
line, boundary (the exterior limit of a territory)
Synonym: határvonal

demarkációs vonal ― line of demarcation

Ha ezt a vonalat átléped, vége a barátságunknak. ― If you cross this line, our friendship is over.
line (the wire connecting one telegraphic station with another, a telephone or internet cable between two points: a telephone or network connection)
Tegnap nem tudtam veled beszélni, foglalt volt a vonal.
I couldn't talk to you yesterday, the line was busy.
(obsolete) line (a unit of length, one twelfth of an inch)

Declension

Inflection (stem in *-a-*, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	vonal	vonalak
accusative	vonalat	vonalakat
dative	vonalnak	vonalaknak
instrumental	vonallal	vonalakkal
causal-final	vonalért	vonalakért
translative	vonallá	vonalakká
terminative	vonalig	vonalakig
essive-formal	vonalként	vonalakként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	vonalban	vonalakban
superessive	vonalon	vonalakon
adessive	vonalnál	vonalaknál
illative	vonalba	vonalakba
sublative	vonalra	vonalakra
allative	vonalhoz	vonalakhoz
elative	vonalból	vonalakból
delative	vonalról	vonalakról
ablative	vonaltól	vonalaktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	vonalé	vonalaké
non-attributive possessive – plural	vonaléi	vonalakéi

Possessive forms of *vonal*
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	vonalam	vonalaim
2nd person sing.	vonalad	vonalaid
3rd person sing.	vonala	vonalai
1st person plural	vonalunk	vonalaink
2nd person plural	vonalatok	vonalaitok
3rd person plural	vonaluk	vonalaik

Derived terms

Compound words with this term at the beginning

Related terms

vonás

References

^ vonal in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2025.
^ vonal 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.)