anya
Hungarian
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Uralic *ańa (“wife of an older relative”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɒɲɒ]
- Hyphenation: anya
Noun
anya (plural anyák)
Usage notes
One needs to take extra caution about using this noun with the second-person singular or plural possessive suffixes (-d and -tok), as it may be understood as a short form of some highly offensive expletive in Hungarian, even if no attribute is added whatsoever. Even if the context makes it crystal clear that no offense is implied, it still doesn’t sound polite with second-person endings. Instead, it is better to use édesanya or perhaps (in case of a friend) anyuka with second-person suffixes (édesanyád, anyukád or édesanyátok, anyukátok). Out of respect, it is also advisable to use édesanya (or anyuka) when referring to the speaker’s own mother (édesanyám).
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | anya | anyák |
| accusative | anyát | anyákat |
| dative | anyának | anyáknak |
| instrumental | anyával | anyákkal |
| causal-final | anyáért | anyákért |
| translative | anyává | anyákká |
| terminative | anyáig | anyákig |
| essive-formal | anyaként | anyákként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | anyában | anyákban |
| superessive | anyán | anyákon |
| adessive | anyánál | anyáknál |
| illative | anyába | anyákba |
| sublative | anyára | anyákra |
| allative | anyához | anyákhoz |
| elative | anyából | anyákból |
| delative | anyáról | anyákról |
| ablative | anyától | anyáktól |
| Possessive forms of anya | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | anyám | anyáim |
| 2nd person sing. | anyád | anyáid |
| 3rd person sing. | anyja | anyái |
| 1st person plural | anyánk | anyáink |
| 2nd person plural | anyátok | anyáitok |
| 3rd person plural | anyjuk | anyáik |
Further reading
- anya in Bizonfy, Ferenc. Hungarian–English dictionary. Budapest: Franklin Társulat, 1886
- anya in Hungarian–English dictionary at SZTAKI
- anya in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962.
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