falu
Hungarian
Etymology
From Proto-Ugric *palɣɜ (“village”). Cognates include Northern Mansi па̄вэл (pāwèl) and Eastern Khanty пуӽәԓ (puḥəł).[1] Relationship to the Finnish verbs palvella (“to serve”), palvoa (“to worship”) has also been proposed.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈfɒlu]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: fa‧lu
- Rhymes: -lu
Noun
Declension
Alternative forms:
- Plural: faluk/falvak, etc.
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | falu | faluk |
| accusative | falut | falukat |
| dative | falunak | faluknak |
| instrumental | faluval | falukkal |
| causal-final | faluért | falukért |
| translative | faluvá | falukká |
| terminative | faluig | falukig |
| essive-formal | faluként | falukként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | faluban | falukban |
| superessive | falun | falukon |
| adessive | falunál | faluknál |
| illative | faluba | falukba |
| sublative | falura | falukra |
| allative | faluhoz | falukhoz |
| elative | faluból | falukból |
| delative | faluról | falukról |
| ablative | falutól | faluktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
falué | faluké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
faluéi | falukéi |
| Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | falu | falvak |
| accusative | falut | falvakat |
| dative | falunak | falvaknak |
| instrumental | faluval | falvakkal |
| causal-final | faluért | falvakért |
| translative | faluvá | falvakká |
| terminative | faluig | falvakig |
| essive-formal | faluként | falvakként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | faluban | falvakban |
| superessive | falun | falvakon |
| adessive | falunál | falvaknál |
| illative | faluba | falvakba |
| sublative | falura | falvakra |
| allative | faluhoz | falvakhoz |
| elative | faluból | falvakból |
| delative | faluról | falvakról |
| ablative | falutól | falvaktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
falué | falvaké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
faluéi | falvakéi |
| Possessive forms of falu | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | falum | faluim |
| 2nd person sing. | falud | faluid |
| 3rd person sing. | faluja | falui |
| 1st person plural | falunk | faluink |
| 2nd person plural | falutok | faluitok |
| 3rd person plural | falujuk | faluik |
or (in the plural)
| Possessive forms of falu | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | — | falvaim |
| 2nd person sing. | — | falvaid |
| 3rd person sing. | — | falvai |
| 1st person plural | — | falvaink |
| 2nd person plural | — | falvaitok |
| 3rd person plural | — | falvaik |
Derived terms
Compound words
- aprófalu
- faluközösség
- faluösszenövés
- kisfalu
- középfalu
- nagyfalu
- óriásfalu
- Patyomkin-falu
- sorfalu
- szülőfalu
- törpefalu
- zsákfalu
Further reading
- falu 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
- falu 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)
Welsh
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈvalɨ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈva(ː)li/
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