agy

See also: aGy and ágy

Hungarian
agy

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *ajŋe (“brain”), cognate to Finnish aivot and Estonian aju.[1] Earlier compared with e.g. Finnish otsa (“forehead”), Komi-Zyrian водз (vodz, “fore, front”), Komi-Permyak одз (odz, “front part”) and derived from a suggested Finno-Ugric root *ońća[2][3], but most of these words are today considered to be loanwords derived by various routes from Proto-Indo-European *h₂entíos (“front part, forehead”). Reintroduced by Ferenc Toldy during the Hungarian language reform which took place in the 18th–19th centuries..

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈɒɟ]
  • Audio(file)

Noun

agy (plural agyak)

  1. (anatomy) brain (control center of the central nervous system)
  2. (anatomy, adjectival usage) cerebral (of or relating to the brain)
    agykéreg ― cerebral cortex
  3. butt (of a rifle or pistol)
    • 2012, Miklós Gábor Kövesdi (translator), Kathy Reichs, A csontok nem hazudnak (Deadly Décisions), Ulpius-ház →ISBN, chapter 31, page 310:
      Szabad kezével a cipzárján kezdett matatni. Mikor kinyitotta, láttam, hogy egy 38-as agya lóg ki a derékövéből.

Declension
Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative agy agyak
accusative agyat agyakat
dative agynak agyaknak
instrumental aggyal agyakkal
causal-final agyért agyakért
translative aggyá agyakká
terminative agyig agyakig
essive-formal agyként agyakként
essive-modal — —
inessive agyban agyakban
superessive agyon agyakon
adessive agynál agyaknál
illative agyba agyakba
sublative agyra agyakra
allative agyhoz agyakhoz
elative agyból agyakból
delative agyról agyakról
ablative agytól agyaktól
Possessive forms of agy
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. agyam agyaim
2nd person sing. agyad agyaid
3rd person sing. agya agyai
1st person plural agyunk agyaink
2nd person plural agyatok agyaitok
3rd person plural agyuk agyaik

Synonyms
  • (butt): puskaagy, puskatus, tus

Derived terms
Compound words

References
  • Vizi E. Szilveszter, Magyar Orvosi Nyelv. NOK Kiadó, Budapest, 2001
  1. Aikio, Ante (= Luobbal Sámmol Sámmol Ánte). “Notes on the development of some consonant clusters in Hungarian”. In: Sampsa Holopainen & Janne Saarikivi (eds.), Περὶ ὀρθότητος ἐτύμων. Uusiutuva uralilainen etymologia, Uralica Helsingiensia 11, 2018, pp. 77–90.
  2. Entry #670 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
  3. Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN
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