hamvad

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhɒɱvɒd]
  • Hyphenation: ham‧vad
  • Rhymes: -ɒd

Etymology 1

First attested in 1770. From the hamv- stem of hamu (ash) + -ad (verb-forming suffix).[1]

Verb

hamvad

  1. (intransitive, literary) to be reduced to ashes, burn to ashes
  2. (archaic, of a dead body) to turn to dust (in the grave)
    Synonym: porlad
Conjugation
Derived terms
  • hamvadás
  • hamvadoz
  • hamvadozik
  • hamvadó

(With verbal prefixes):

  • elhamvad
  • kihamvad
  • meghamvad

Etymology 2

hamv (ashes; bloom) + -ad (possessive suffix)

Noun

hamvad

  1. second-person singular single-possession possessive of hamv
Declension
Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative hamvad
accusative hamvadat
dative hamvadnak
instrumental hamvaddal
causal-final hamvadért
translative hamvaddá
terminative hamvadig
essive-formal hamvadként
essive-modal hamvadul
inessive hamvadban
superessive hamvadon
adessive hamvadnál
illative hamvadba
sublative hamvadra
allative hamvadhoz
elative hamvadból
delative hamvadról
ablative hamvadtól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
hamvadé
non-attributive
possessive - plural
hamvadéi

References

  1. hamvad 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

  • hamvad 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
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