koponya

Hungarian

Etymology

Probably borrowed from South Slavic.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈkopoɲɒ]
  • Hyphenation: ko‧po‧nya

Noun

koponya (plural koponyák)

  1. (anatomy) skull, cranium (the main bones of the head considered as a unit)
  2. (figuratively) brain (intelligent person)

Declension
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative koponya koponyák
accusative koponyát koponyákat
dative koponyának koponyáknak
instrumental koponyával koponyákkal
causal-final koponyáért koponyákért
translative koponyává koponyákká
terminative koponyáig koponyákig
essive-formal koponyaként koponyákként
essive-modal — —
inessive koponyában koponyákban
superessive koponyán koponyákon
adessive koponyánál koponyáknál
illative koponyába koponyákba
sublative koponyára koponyákra
allative koponyához koponyákhoz
elative koponyából koponyákból
delative koponyáról koponyákról
ablative koponyától koponyáktól
Possessive forms of koponya
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. koponyám koponyáim
2nd person sing. koponyád koponyáid
3rd person sing. koponyája koponyái
1st person plural koponyánk koponyáink
2nd person plural koponyátok koponyáitok
3rd person plural koponyájuk koponyáik

Derived terms

References
  1. 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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