datolya

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian, more specifically from a Northern Italian dialect. Compare Venetan dàtolo (“date”), from Medieval Latin datalus, datilis, from Ancient Greek δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “finger, date”), possibly from a Semitic source.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdɒtojɒ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: da‧to‧lya
  • Rhymes: -jɒ

Noun

datolya (plural datolyák)

  1. date (the fruit of the date palm, Phoenix dactylifera)

Declension

Possessive forms of datolya
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. datolyám datolyáim
2nd person sing. datolyád datolyáid
3rd person sing. datolyája datolyái
1st person plural datolyánk datolyáink
2nd person plural datolyátok datolyáitok
3rd person plural datolyájuk datolyáik

Derived terms

See also

  • Appendix:Hungarian words with ly

References

  1. ^ datolya 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

  • datolya in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
  • datolya in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2026).