nehéz
Hungarian
Etymology
Of unknown origin.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈnɛɦeːz]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ne‧héz
- Rhymes: -eːz
Adjective
nehéz (comparative nehezebb, superlative legnehezebb)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | nehéz | nehezek |
| accusative | nehezet | nehezeket |
| dative | nehéznek | nehezeknek |
| instrumental | nehézzel | nehezekkel |
| causal-final | nehézért | nehezekért |
| translative | nehézzé | nehezekké |
| terminative | nehézig | nehezekig |
| essive-formal | nehézként | nehezekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | nehézben | nehezekben |
| superessive | nehézen | nehezeken |
| adessive | nehéznél | nehezeknél |
| illative | nehézbe | nehezekbe |
| sublative | nehézre | nehezekre |
| allative | nehézhez | nehezekhez |
| elative | nehézből | nehezekből |
| delative | nehézről | nehezekről |
| ablative | nehéztől | nehezektől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
nehézé | nehezeké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
nehézéi | nehezekéi |
Derived terms
Compound words
Expressions
Noun
nehéz (uncountable)
- (with a possessive suffix) the (most) difficult part of a task
- (normally in the phrase nehezére esik, usually with a possessive suffix) the heaviness, difficulty, or burden of something
- something heavy or difficult
- nehezet kérdez ― to ask something difficult
- nehezet emel ― to lift something heavy
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | nehéz | nehezek |
| accusative | nehezet | nehezeket |
| dative | nehéznek | nehezeknek |
| instrumental | nehézzel | nehezekkel |
| causal-final | nehézért | nehezekért |
| translative | nehézzé | nehezekké |
| terminative | nehézig | nehezekig |
| essive-formal | nehézként | nehezekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | nehézben | nehezekben |
| superessive | nehézen | nehezeken |
| adessive | nehéznél | nehezeknél |
| illative | nehézbe | nehezekbe |
| sublative | nehézre | nehezekre |
| allative | nehézhez | nehezekhez |
| elative | nehézből | nehezekből |
| delative | nehézről | nehezekről |
| ablative | nehéztől | nehezektől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
nehézé | nehezeké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
nehézéi | nehezekéi |
| Possessive forms of nehéz | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | nehezem | — |
| 2nd person sing. | nehezed | — |
| 3rd person sing. | neheze | — |
| 1st person plural | nehezünk | — |
| 2nd person plural | nehezetek | — |
| 3rd person plural | nehezük | — |
References
- nehéz 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
- nehéz 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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