higany

Hungarian

Chemical element
Hg
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Etymology

From híg (thin, dilute) + -any (nominal suffix). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries. Coined by Bugát Pál.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhiɡɒɲ]
  • Hyphenation: hi‧gany
  • Rhymes: -ɒɲ

Noun

higany (usually uncountable, plural higanyok)

  1. mercury (chemical element)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative higany higanyok
accusative higanyt higanyokat
dative higanynak higanyoknak
instrumental higannyal higanyokkal
causal-final higanyért higanyokért
translative higannyá higanyokká
terminative higanyig higanyokig
essive-formal higanyként higanyokként
essive-modal
inessive higanyban higanyokban
superessive higanyon higanyokon
adessive higanynál higanyoknál
illative higanyba higanyokba
sublative higanyra higanyokra
allative higanyhoz higanyokhoz
elative higanyból higanyokból
delative higanyról higanyokról
ablative higanytól higanyoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
higanyé higanyoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
higanyéi higanyokéi
Possessive forms of higany
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. higanyom higanyaim
2nd person sing. higanyod higanyaid
3rd person sing. higanya higanyai
1st person plural higanyunk higanyaink
2nd person plural higanyotok higanyaitok
3rd person plural higanyuk higanyaik

Derived terms

Compound words

Further reading

  • higany 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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