hangyasav

Hungarian

Etymology

hangya (“ant”) +‎ sav (“acid”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɒɲɟɒʃɒv]
• Hyphenation: han‧gya‧sav
• Rhymes: -ɒv

Noun

hangyasav (plural hangyasavak)

1. (organic chemistry) formic acid, methanoic acid (the simplest carboxylic acid, HCOOH, a colourless, corrosive liquid with a sharp odour; it is present in the stings of ants, bees and nettles, and is prepared industrially by the oxidation of methanol or formaldehyde)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	hangyasav	hangyasavak
accusative	hangyasavat	hangyasavakat
dative	hangyasavnak	hangyasavaknak
instrumental	hangyasavval	hangyasavakkal
causal-final	hangyasavért	hangyasavakért
translative	hangyasavvá	hangyasavakká
terminative	hangyasavig	hangyasavakig
essive-formal	hangyasavként	hangyasavakként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	hangyasavban	hangyasavakban
superessive	hangyasavon	hangyasavakon
adessive	hangyasavnál	hangyasavaknál
illative	hangyasavba	hangyasavakba
sublative	hangyasavra	hangyasavakra
allative	hangyasavhoz	hangyasavakhoz
elative	hangyasavból	hangyasavakból
delative	hangyasavról	hangyasavakról
ablative	hangyasavtól	hangyasavaktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	hangyasavé	hangyasavaké
non-attributive possessive - plural	hangyasavéi	hangyasavakéi

Possessive forms of hangyasav
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	hangyasavam	hangyasavaim
2nd person sing.	hangyasavad	hangyasavaid
3rd person sing.	hangyasava	hangyasavai
1st person plural	hangyasavunk	hangyasavaink
2nd person plural	hangyasavatok	hangyasavaitok
3rd person plural	hangyasavuk	hangyasavaik

Further reading

• hangyasav 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