elhuny
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɛlɦuɲ]
- Hyphenation: el‧huny
- Rhymes: -uɲ
Verb
elhuny
- (intransitive, formal, of humans) to die, to pass away, to depart from life
- Synonyms: meghal, örökre lehunyja a szemét
Usage notes
It is most commonly used in the past-tense 3rd-person singular: elhunyt.
Conjugation
conjugation of elhuny
| Click for archaic forms | 1st person sg | 2nd person sg informal |
3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal |
1st person pl | 2nd person pl informal |
3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Indicative mood |
Present | Indef. | elhunyok | elhunysz | elhuny | elhunyunk | elhunytok | elhunynak | |
| Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indef. | elhunytam | elhunytál | elhunyt | elhunytunk | elhunytatok | elhunytak | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Future | Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. el fog hunyni. | ||||||||
| Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | elhunyék | elhunyál | elhunya | elhunyánk | elhunyátok | elhunyának | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. elhuny vala, elhunyt vala/volt. | ||||||||
| Archaic Future |
Indef. | elhunyandok | elhunyandasz | elhunyand | elhunyandunk | elhunyandotok | elhunyandanak | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | elhunynék | elhunynál | elhunyna | elhunynánk | elhunynátok | elhunynának | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. elhunyt volna | ||||||||
| Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | elhunyjak | elhunyj or elhunyjál |
elhunyjon | elhunyjunk | elhunyjatok | elhunyjanak | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| (Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. elhunyt légyen | ||||||||
| Infinitive | elhunyni | elhunynom | elhunynod | elhunynia | elhunynunk | elhunynotok | elhunyniuk | ||
| Other forms |
Verbal noun | Present part. | Past part. | Future part. | Adverbial participle | Causative | |||
| elhunyás | elhunyó | elhunyt | ― | elhunyva (elhunyván) | |||||
| The prefix can split from the verb stem, e.g. nem huny el or el is huny. | |||||||||
potential conjugation of elhuny
| Click for archaic forms | 1st person sg | 2nd person sg informal |
3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal |
1st person pl | 2nd person pl informal |
3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicative mood |
Present | Indef. | elhunyhatok | elhunyhatsz | elhunyhat | elhunyhatunk | elhunyhattok | elhunyhatnak | |
| Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indef. | elhunyhattam | elhunyhattál | elhunyhatott | elhunyhattunk | elhunyhattatok | elhunyhattak | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | elhunyhaték | elhunyhatál | elhunyhata | elhunyhatánk | elhunyhatátok | elhunyhatának | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. elhunyhat vala, elhunyhatott vala/volt. | ||||||||
| Archaic Future |
Indef. | elhunyhatandok or elhunyandhatok |
elhunyhatandasz or elhunyandhatsz |
elhunyhatand or elhunyandhat |
elhunyhatandunk or elhunyandhatunk |
elhunyhatandotok or elhunyandhattok |
elhunyhatandanak or elhunyandhatnak | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | elhunyhatnék | elhunyhatnál | elhunyhatna | elhunyhatnánk | elhunyhatnátok | elhunyhatnának | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. elhunyhatott volna | ||||||||
| Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | elhunyhassak | elhunyhass or elhunyhassál |
elhunyhasson | elhunyhassunk | elhunyhassatok | elhunyhassanak | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| (Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. elhunyhatott légyen | ||||||||
| Inf. | (elhunyhatni) | (elhunyhatnom) | (elhunyhatnod) | (elhunyhatnia) | (elhunyhatnunk) | (elhunyhatnotok) | (elhunyhatniuk) | ||
| Positive adjective | ― | Neg. adj. | ― | Adv. part. | (elhunyhatva / elhunyhatván) | ||||
| The prefix can split from the verb stem, e.g. nem hunyhat el or el is hunyhat. | |||||||||
Further reading
- elhuny 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
- elhuny 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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