boholy

Hungarian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Back-formation from bolyh using a rule in Hungarian stem changing.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈbohoj]
  • Hyphenation: bo‧holy

Noun

boholy (plural bolyhok)

  1. nap (a fuzzy surface on fabric), fluff, fuzz
  2. (anatomy) villus (in the intestines)

Declension
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative boholy bolyhok
accusative bolyhot bolyhokat
dative boholynak bolyhoknak
instrumental bohollyal bolyhokkal
causal-final boholyért bolyhokért
translative bohollyá bolyhokká
terminative boholyig bolyhokig
essive-formal boholyként bolyhokként
essive-modal — —
inessive boholyban bolyhokban
superessive bolyhon bolyhokon
adessive boholynál bolyhoknál
illative boholyba bolyhokba
sublative boholyra bolyhokra
allative boholyhoz bolyhokhoz
elative boholyból bolyhokból
delative boholyról bolyhokról
ablative boholytól bolyhoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular		 boholyé bolyhoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural		 boholyéi bolyhokéi
Possessive forms of boholy
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. bolyhom bolyhaim
2nd person sing. bolyhod bolyhaid
3rd person sing. bolyha bolyhai
1st person plural bolyhunk bolyhaink
2nd person plural bolyhotok bolyhaitok
3rd person plural bolyhuk bolyhaik

Derived terms
  • bolyhos

See also
  • Appendix:Hungarian words with metathesis
  • Appendix:Hungarian words with ly

Further reading
  • bolyh 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
  • boholy 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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