keh
Hungarian
Etymology
Of onomatopoeic origin, related to the stem of köhög (“to cough”). First attested in c. 1550.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkɛx]
- Hyphenation: keh
- Rhymes: -ɛx
Noun
keh (usually uncountable, plural kehek)
- heaves, broken wind (disease of horses characterized by coughing and difficult breathing)
- Synonyms: kehesség, száraz keh
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | keh | kehek |
| accusative | kehet | keheket |
| dative | kehnek | keheknek |
| instrumental | kehhel | kehekkel |
| causal-final | kehért | kehekért |
| translative | kehhé | kehekké |
| terminative | kehig | kehekig |
| essive-formal | kehként | kehekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | kehben | kehekben |
| superessive | kehen | keheken |
| adessive | kehnél | keheknél |
| illative | kehbe | kehekbe |
| sublative | kehre | kehekre |
| allative | kehhez | kehekhez |
| elative | kehből | kehekből |
| delative | kehről | kehekről |
| ablative | kehtől | kehektől |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
kehé | keheké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
kehéi | kehekéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | kehem | keheim |
| 2nd person sing. | kehed | keheid |
| 3rd person sing. | kehe | kehei |
| 1st person plural | kehünk | keheink |
| 2nd person plural | kehetek | keheitek |
| 3rd person plural | kehük | keheik |
Derived terms
- kehel
- kehes
Expressions
- száraz keh
References
- ^ keh in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.
Further reading
- keh 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.