egy-egy
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɛɟːɛɟː]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: egy-‧egy
- Rhymes: -ɛɟː
Numeral
egy-egy
- each (one to each person)
- adott nekik egy-egy almát ― he gave them an apple each
- mindenki kapott egy-egy almát ― each got an apple
- mindenkinek egyet-egyet ― one to each
- one or two, an odd, occasional, infrequent (a small number of, but rarely)
- Synonyms: alkalmi, ritka, esetleges, alkalmankénti
- néha jön egy-egy látogató ― a visitor drops in now and then
- a few (a small number among the many things)
Declension
- See at egy. The two parts are declined identically but separately, e.g. the accusative case is egyet-egyet.
Further reading
- egy-egy 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
- egy-egy 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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