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Hungarian

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Alternative forms

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  • vej (sometimes proscribed)

Etymology

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From Proto-Uralic *wäŋew. Cognates include Finnish vävy. (Probably not related to vőlegény (fiancé, bridegroom).)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈvøː]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation:
  • Rhymes: -vøː

Noun

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(plural vők)

  1. son-in-law
    Coordinate term: meny
  2. (archaic) husband
  3. (obsolete) fiancé, bridegroom

Declension

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Its possessive forms veje etc. were coined by the analogy of feje and neje, while the original possessive was regular.

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front rounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative vők
accusative vőt vőket
dative vőnek vőknek
instrumental vővel vőkkel
causal-final vőért vőkért
translative vővé vőkké
terminative vőig vőkig
essive-formal vőként vőkként
essive-modal
inessive vőben vőkben
superessive vőn vőkön
adessive vőnél vőknél
illative vőbe vőkbe
sublative vőre vőkre
allative vőhöz vőkhöz
elative vőből vőkből
delative vőről vőkről
ablative vőtől vőktől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
vőé vőké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
vőéi vőkéi
Possessive forms of
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. vejem vejeim
2nd person sing. vejed vejeid
3rd person sing. veje vejei
1st person plural vejünk vejeink
2nd person plural vejetek vejeitek
3rd person plural vejük vejeik

or (today less commonly)

Possessive forms of
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. vőm vőim
2nd person sing. vőd vőid
3rd person sing. vője vői
1st person plural vőnk vőink
2nd person plural vőtök vőitek
3rd person plural vőjük vőik

Derived terms

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See also

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Further reading

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  • 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