pulya
Hungarian
FWOTD – 16 April 2014
Etymology
Of uncertain origin, perhaps from Romanian pui (“chicken, young of an animal, a child”), from Latin pullus (“young of an animal”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpujɒ]
- Hyphenation: pu‧lya
Adjective
pulya (comparative pulyább, superlative legpulyább)
- faint, chicken-hearted, cowardly
- 1908, Endre Ady: „Magyar jakobinus dala”
- Meddig lesz még úr a betyárság
- És pulya had mi, milliók?
- 1908, Endre Ady: „Magyar jakobinus dala”
Synonyms
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | pulya | pulyák |
| accusative | pulyát | pulyákat |
| dative | pulyának | pulyáknak |
| instrumental | pulyával | pulyákkal |
| causal-final | pulyáért | pulyákért |
| translative | pulyává | pulyákká |
| terminative | pulyáig | pulyákig |
| essive-formal | pulyaként | pulyákként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | pulyában | pulyákban |
| superessive | pulyán | pulyákon |
| adessive | pulyánál | pulyáknál |
| illative | pulyába | pulyákba |
| sublative | pulyára | pulyákra |
| allative | pulyához | pulyákhoz |
| elative | pulyából | pulyákból |
| delative | pulyáról | pulyákról |
| ablative | pulyától | pulyáktól |
| Possessive forms of pulya | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | pulyám | pulyáim |
| 2nd person sing. | pulyád | pulyáid |
| 3rd person sing. | pulyája | pulyái |
| 1st person plural | pulyánk | pulyáink |
| 2nd person plural | pulyátok | pulyáitok |
| 3rd person plural | pulyájuk | pulyáik |
Synonyms
See also
- Appendix:Hungarian words with ly
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