moholy

Hungarian

Etymology

First attested in 1807. From bolyh. The word moh may have influenced the meaning. Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈmohoj]
  • Hyphenation: mo‧holy
  • Rhymes: -oj

Noun

moholy (plural molyhok)

  1. (rare) down, fluff, nap, fuzz (light fur etc.)
    Synonyms: bolyh, pehely, pihe

Declension
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative moholy molyhok
accusative molyhot molyhokat
dative moholynak molyhoknak
instrumental mohollyal molyhokkal
causal-final moholyért molyhokért
translative mohollyá molyhokká
terminative moholyig molyhokig
essive-formal moholyként molyhokként
essive-modal — —
inessive moholyban molyhokban
superessive molyhon molyhokon
adessive moholynál molyhoknál
illative moholyba molyhokba
sublative moholyra molyhokra
allative moholyhoz molyhokhoz
elative moholyból molyhokból
delative moholyról molyhokról
ablative moholytól molyhoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular		 moholyé molyhoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural		 moholyéi molyhokéi
Possessive forms of moholy
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. molyhom molyhaim
2nd person sing. molyhod molyhaid
3rd person sing. molyha molyhai
1st person plural molyhunk molyhaink
2nd person plural molyhotok molyhaitok
3rd person plural molyhuk molyhaik

Derived terms
  • molyhos

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

References
  1. moholy 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.)
  2. moholy in Gerstner, Károly (ed.). Új magyar etimológiai szótár. (’New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian’). Beta version. Budapest, MTA Nyelvtudományi Intézet / Magyar Nyelvtudományi Kutatóközpont, 2011–2022. (Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary). Language abbreviations

Further reading
  • moholy 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
  • moholy in Hungarian–English dictionary at SZTAKI
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