soha

• sohasem, sohase, sosem, sose (all comprising the additional negative particle required, see Usage notes)

sem (“neither”) +‎ ha (introduces a conditional clause; here “when”)

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃoɦɒ]

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• Hyphenation: so‧ha
• Rhymes: -hɒ

soha

1. never

Just like other adverbs with a general negative sense (senki, semmi, sehol etc.), it is used with another word of negation in Hungarian (double negation):

• Soha nem láttam még elefántot. ― I've never seen an elephant (yet).

or

• Nem láttam még elefántot soha. ― like above

However, if one of its alternative forms is used instead, no other negative follows (because these alternative forms already incorporate a negative sem or se):

• Sosem láttam még elefántot. ― like above

If it is separated from the verb, the negative appears again (strictly speaking, resulting in a triple negation):

• Nem láttam még elefántot sosem. ― like above

• sosincs (= soha nincs, soha sincs; informal)

• soha 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

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *soxa.

• IPA^(key): /sǒxa/
• Hyphenation: so‧ha

sòha f (Cyrillic spelling со̀ха)

1. branching tree

• “soha” in Hrvatski jezični portal

• IPA^(key): [ˈso.ha]

soha

1. (stative) to be hungry

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

From Arabic سَاحَة (sāḥa, “circle”). Compare Turkish saha.

soha (plural sohalar)

1. domain, field