pillanat
Hungarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From obsolete pillanik (“to open and close with a sudden movement <of an eyelid>”) + -at (noun-forming suffix). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries. [1] Compare German Augenblick, English blink of an eye, Czech okamžik or Polish w mgnieniu oka.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pillanat (plural pillanatok)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pillanat | pillanatok |
| accusative | pillanatot | pillanatokat |
| dative | pillanatnak | pillanatoknak |
| instrumental | pillanattal | pillanatokkal |
| causal-final | pillanatért | pillanatokért |
| translative | pillanattá | pillanatokká |
| terminative | pillanatig | pillanatokig |
| essive-formal | pillanatként | pillanatokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | pillanatban | pillanatokban |
| superessive | pillanaton | pillanatokon |
| adessive | pillanatnál | pillanatoknál |
| illative | pillanatba | pillanatokba |
| sublative | pillanatra | pillanatokra |
| allative | pillanathoz | pillanatokhoz |
| elative | pillanatból | pillanatokból |
| delative | pillanatról | pillanatokról |
| ablative | pillanattól | pillanatoktól |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
pillanaté | pillanatoké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
pillanatéi | pillanatokéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | pillanatom | pillanataim |
| 2nd person sing. | pillanatod | pillanataid |
| 3rd person sing. | pillanata | pillanatai |
| 1st person plural | pillanatunk | pillanataink |
| 2nd person plural | pillanatotok | pillanataitok |
| 3rd person plural | pillanatuk | pillanataik |
Derived terms
[edit]Compound words
Expressions
References
[edit]- ^ pillanat 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
[edit]- pillanat in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
