néni
Hungarian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]néni (plural nénik)
- aunt, Mrs. (a form of address for an older woman, especially by children or in case of great age difference)
- Coordinate term: bácsi
- Olga néni ― Aunt Olga
- Kovács néni ― Mrs. Kovács
- doktor néni ― (lady) doctor
- (childish) aunt (any adult woman)
- (dated) (chiefly with a possessive suffix) Synonym of nagynéni (“aunt”, the sister or sister-in-law of one’s parent)
- (dated) (chiefly with a possessive suffix) Synonym of néne (“elder sister”)
Usage notes
[edit]It may sound patronizing when used by adults (e.g. by a doctor to address his/her patient), whether with or without a name element.
Declension
[edit]| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | néni | nénik |
| accusative | nénit | néniket |
| dative | néninek | néniknek |
| instrumental | nénivel | nénikkel |
| causal-final | néniért | nénikért |
| translative | nénivé | nénikké |
| terminative | néniig | nénikig |
| essive-formal | néniként | nénikként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | néniben | nénikben |
| superessive | nénin | néniken |
| adessive | néninél | néniknél |
| illative | nénibe | nénikbe |
| sublative | nénire | nénikre |
| allative | nénihez | nénikhez |
| elative | néniből | nénikből |
| delative | néniről | nénikről |
| ablative | nénitől | néniktől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
nénié | néniké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
néniéi | nénikéi |
| Possessive forms of néni | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | nénim | nénijeim (or néniim) |
| 2nd person sing. | nénid | nénijeid (or néniid) |
| 3rd person sing. | nénije | nénijei (or nénii) |
| 1st person plural | nénink | nénijeink (or néniink) |
| 2nd person plural | nénitek | nénijeitek (or néniitek) |
| 3rd person plural | nénijük | nénijeik (or néniik) |
Derived terms
[edit]Compound words
Further reading
[edit]- néni 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