gyufa

Hungarian

Etymology

First attested in 1840. From gyú (shortened from gyújt (to light, spark), used in adjective sense here) + fa (wood). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries as a calque of German Zündholz.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɟufɒ]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: gyu‧fa
  • Rhymes: -fɒ

Noun

gyufa (plural gyufák)

  1. match (device to make fire)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative gyufa gyufák
accusative gyufát gyufákat
dative gyufának gyufáknak
instrumental gyufával gyufákkal
causal-final gyufáért gyufákért
translative gyufává gyufákká
terminative gyufáig gyufákig
essive-formal gyufaként gyufákként
essive-modal
inessive gyufában gyufákban
superessive gyufán gyufákon
adessive gyufánál gyufáknál
illative gyufába gyufákba
sublative gyufára gyufákra
allative gyufához gyufákhoz
elative gyufából gyufákból
delative gyufáról gyufákról
ablative gyufától gyufáktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
gyufáé gyufáké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
gyufáéi gyufákéi
Possessive forms of gyufa
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. gyufám gyufáim
2nd person sing. gyufád gyufáid
3rd person sing. gyufája gyufái
1st person plural gyufánk gyufáink
2nd person plural gyufátok gyufáitok
3rd person plural gyufájuk gyufáik

Derived terms

  • gyufás
Compound words
Expressions
  • kihúzza a gyufát

References

  1. gyufa 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

  • gyufa 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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