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falu
falu
See also: fǎlǜ
Hungarian
Etymology
From Proto-Ugric *palɣɜ (“village”). Cognates include Northern Mansi па̄вэл (pāwəl), Eastern Khanty пугәӆ (pugəł). Relationship to the Finnish verbs palvella (“to serve”), palvoa (“to worship”) has also been proposed.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈfɒlu]
- Hyphenation: fa‧lu
Noun
falu (plural faluk or falvak)
Declension
Alternative forms:
- Plural: faluk/falvak, etc.
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | falu | faluk |
| accusative | falut | falukat |
| dative | falunak | faluknak |
| instrumental | faluval | falukkal |
| causal-final | faluért | falukért |
| translative | faluvá | falukká |
| terminative | faluig | falukig |
| essive-formal | faluként | falukként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | faluban | falukban |
| superessive | falun | falukon |
| adessive | falunál | faluknál |
| illative | faluba | falukba |
| sublative | falura | falukra |
| allative | faluhoz | falukhoz |
| elative | faluból | falukból |
| delative | faluról | falukról |
| ablative | falutól | faluktól |
| Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | falu | falvak |
| accusative | falut | falvakat |
| dative | falunak | falvaknak |
| instrumental | faluval | falvakkal |
| causal-final | faluért | falvakért |
| translative | faluvá | falvakká |
| terminative | faluig | falvakig |
| essive-formal | faluként | falvakként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | faluban | falvakban |
| superessive | falun | falvakon |
| adessive | falunál | falvaknál |
| illative | faluba | falvakba |
| sublative | falura | falvakra |
| allative | faluhoz | falvakhoz |
| elative | faluból | falvakból |
| delative | faluról | falvakról |
| ablative | falutól | falvaktól |
| Possessive forms of falu | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | falum | faluim |
| 2nd person sing. | falud | faluid |
| 3rd person sing. | faluja | falui |
| 1st person plural | falunk | faluink |
| 2nd person plural | falutok | faluitok |
| 3rd person plural | falujuk | faluik |
Antonyms
Derived terms
- falucska
- faluközösség
- faluösszenövés
- falusi
- falusias
- Patyomkin-falu
- sorfalu