dunyha

Hungarian

Alternative forms

Etymology

First attested in 1458. Borrowed from a South or West Slavic language, from Proto-Slavic *duxъna.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈduɲɦɒ]
  • Hyphenation: duny‧ha
  • Rhymes: -hɒ

Noun

dunyha (usually uncountable, plural dunyhák)

  1. eiderdown (a type of thick bedding consisting of a soft flat bag loosely filled with down feathers of ducks, usually protected with a removable cover)
    Hypernym: ágynemű
    Coordinate terms: lepedő, takaró, párna, paplan

Declension
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative dunyha dunyhák
accusative dunyhát dunyhákat
dative dunyhának dunyháknak
instrumental dunyhával dunyhákkal
causal-final dunyháért dunyhákért
translative dunyhává dunyhákká
terminative dunyháig dunyhákig
essive-formal dunyhaként dunyhákként
essive-modal — —
inessive dunyhában dunyhákban
superessive dunyhán dunyhákon
adessive dunyhánál dunyháknál
illative dunyhába dunyhákba
sublative dunyhára dunyhákra
allative dunyhához dunyhákhoz
elative dunyhából dunyhákból
delative dunyháról dunyhákról
ablative dunyhától dunyháktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular		 dunyháé dunyháké
non-attributive
possessive - plural		 dunyháéi dunyhákéi
Possessive forms of dunyha
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. dunyhám dunyháim
2nd person sing. dunyhád dunyháid
3rd person sing. dunyhája dunyhái
1st person plural dunyhánk dunyháink
2nd person plural dunyhátok dunyháitok
3rd person plural dunyhájuk dunyháik

Derived terms
  • dunyhájú
  • dunyhás
Compound words
  • dunyhaciha
  • dunyhahéj
  • dunyhahuzat

References
  1. dunyha 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.)

Further reading
  • dunyha 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
  • dunyha in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)
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