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Adjective [Hungarian]

IPA: [ˈʃovaːɲ]
Rhymes: -aːɲ Etymology: From Proto-Finno-Ugric *šupa (“lean, thin”) + -ny. Etymology templates: {{der|hu|fiu-pro|*šupa||lean, thin}} Proto-Finno-Ugric *šupa (“lean, thin”), {{af|hu|-ny|pos=adjective}} -ny Head templates: {{head|hu|adjectives|head=|nopalindromecat=}} sovány, {{hu-adj|abb}} sovány (comparative soványabb, superlative legsoványabb) Inflection templates: {{hu-infl-nom|soványa|o}} Forms: soványabb [comparative], legsoványabb [superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], sovány [nominative, singular], soványak [nominative, plural], soványat [accusative, singular], soványakat [accusative, plural], soványnak [dative, singular], soványaknak [dative, plural], sovánnyal [instrumental, singular], soványakkal [instrumental, plural], soványért [causal-final, singular], soványakért [causal-final, plural], sovánnyá [singular, translative], soványakká [plural, translative], soványig [singular, terminative], soványakig [plural, terminative], soványként [essive-formal, singular], soványakként [essive-formal, plural], - [essive-modal, singular], - [essive-modal, plural], soványban [inessive, singular], soványakban [inessive, plural], soványon [singular, superessive], soványakon [plural, superessive], soványnál [adessive, singular], soványaknál [adessive, plural], soványba [illative, singular], soványakba [illative, plural], soványra [singular, sublative], soványakra [plural, sublative], soványhoz [allative, singular], soványakhoz [allative, plural], soványból [elative, singular], soványakból [elative, plural], soványról [delative, singular], soványakról [delative, plural], soványtól [ablative, singular], soványaktól [ablative, plural], soványé [error-unrecognized-form, singular], soványaké [error-unrecognized-form, plural], soványéi [error-unrecognized-form, singular], soványakéi [error-unrecognized-form, plural]
  1. thin, slim, slender (having little body fat or flesh) Synonyms: cingár, vézna
    Sense id: en-sovány-hu-adj-rkdgtM5a Categories (other): Hungarian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Hungarian entries with incorrect language header: 42 5 36 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 3 39 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 56 2 38 4
  2. lean (of meat, having little fat)
    Sense id: en-sovány-hu-adj-Zgs38O8G
  3. low-fat, light (of dairy, not having a high number of calories from fat) Synonyms: zsírszegény
    Sense id: en-sovány-hu-adj-6ryi8AJw Categories (other): Hungarian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Hungarian entries with incorrect language header: 42 5 36 18
  4. (figurative) meager, poor, unsatisfactory Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-sovány-hu-adj-VwkeDZ45 Categories (other): Hungarian adjectives suffixed with -ny, Hungarian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Hungarian adjectives suffixed with -ny: 21 18 26 35 Disambiguation of Hungarian entries with incorrect language header: 42 5 36 18
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: soványít, soványodik, soványság, soványul

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "soványít"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "soványodik"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "soványság"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "soványul"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "*šupa",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/šupa"
    ],
    [
      "-ny",
      "-ny#Hungarian"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hu",
        "2": "fiu-pro",
        "3": "*šupa",
        "4": "",
        "5": "lean, thin"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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        "1": "hu",
        "2": "-ny",
        "pos": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "-ny",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Finno-Ugric *šupa (“lean, thin”) + -ny.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "soványabb",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "legsoványabb",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hu-infl-nom",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "back harmony",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-a-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sovány",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soványak",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soványat",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soványakat",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soványnak",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soványaknak",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sovánnyal",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soványakkal",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soványért",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "causal-final",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soványakért",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "causal-final",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sovánnyá",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "translative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soványakká",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "translative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soványig",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soványakig",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soványként",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "essive-formal",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soványakként",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "essive-formal",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "essive-modal",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "essive-modal",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soványban",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soványakban",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soványon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "superessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soványakon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "superessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soványnál",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soványaknál",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soványba",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soványakba",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soványra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "sublative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soványakra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "sublative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soványhoz",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soványakhoz",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soványból",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soványakból",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soványról",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "delative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soványakról",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "delative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soványtól",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soványaktól",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soványé",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soványaké",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soványéi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soványakéi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hu",
        "2": "adjectives",
        "head": "",
        "nopalindromecat": ""
      },
      "expansion": "sovány",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "abb"
      },
      "expansion": "sovány (comparative soványabb, superlative legsoványabb)",
      "name": "hu-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "so",
        "vány"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "soványa",
        "2": "o"
      },
      "name": "hu-infl-nom"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hungarian",
  "lang_code": "hu",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "kövér"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "42 5 36 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hungarian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "53 3 39 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "56 2 38 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "thin, slim, slender (having little body fat or flesh)"
      ],
      "id": "en-sovány-hu-adj-rkdgtM5a",
      "links": [
        [
          "thin",
          "thin"
        ],
        [
          "slim",
          "slim"
        ],
        [
          "slender",
          "slender"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cingár"
        },
        {
          "word": "vézna"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "lean (of meat, having little fat)"
      ],
      "id": "en-sovány-hu-adj-Zgs38O8G",
      "links": [
        [
          "lean",
          "lean"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "42 5 36 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hungarian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "low-fat, light (of dairy, not having a high number of calories from fat)"
      ],
      "id": "en-sovány-hu-adj-6ryi8AJw",
      "links": [
        [
          "low-fat",
          "low-fat"
        ],
        [
          "light",
          "light"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "zsírszegény"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "21 18 26 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hungarian adjectives suffixed with -ny",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "42 5 36 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hungarian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "meager, poor, unsatisfactory"
      ],
      "id": "en-sovány-hu-adj-VwkeDZ45",
      "links": [
        [
          "meager",
          "meager"
        ],
        [
          "poor",
          "poor"
        ],
        [
          "unsatisfactory",
          "unsatisfactory"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) meager, poor, unsatisfactory"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʃovaːɲ]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aːɲ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sovány"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Hungarian adjectives",
    "Hungarian adjectives suffixed with -ny",
    "Hungarian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Hungarian lemmas",
    "Hungarian terms derived from Proto-Finno-Ugric",
    "Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Hungarian/aːɲ",
    "Rhymes:Hungarian/aːɲ/2 syllables"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "soványít"
    },
    {
      "word": "soványodik"
    },
    {
      "word": "soványság"
    },
    {
      "word": "soványul"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
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      "*šupa",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/šupa"
    ],
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      "-ny#Hungarian"
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        "1": "hu",
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        "4": "",
        "5": "lean, thin"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "hu",
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        "pos": "adjective"
      },
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      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Finno-Ugric *šupa (“lean, thin”) + -ny.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "soványabb",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "legsoványabb",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hu-infl-nom",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "back harmony",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-a-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sovány",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soványak",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soványat",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soványakat",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soványnak",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soványaknak",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sovánnyal",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soványakkal",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soványért",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "causal-final",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soványakért",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "causal-final",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sovánnyá",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "translative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soványakká",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "translative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soványig",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soványakig",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soványként",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "essive-formal",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soványakként",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "essive-formal",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "essive-modal",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "essive-modal",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soványban",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soványakban",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soványon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "superessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soványakon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "superessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soványnál",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soványaknál",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soványba",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soványakba",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soványra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "sublative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soványakra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "sublative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soványhoz",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soványakhoz",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soványból",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soványakból",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soványról",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "delative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soványakról",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "delative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soványtól",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soványaktól",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soványé",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soványaké",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soványéi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soványakéi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hu",
        "2": "adjectives",
        "head": "",
        "nopalindromecat": ""
      },
      "expansion": "sovány",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "abb"
      },
      "expansion": "sovány (comparative soványabb, superlative legsoványabb)",
      "name": "hu-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "so",
        "vány"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "soványa",
        "2": "o"
      },
      "name": "hu-infl-nom"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hungarian",
  "lang_code": "hu",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "kövér"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "thin, slim, slender (having little body fat or flesh)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "thin",
          "thin"
        ],
        [
          "slim",
          "slim"
        ],
        [
          "slender",
          "slender"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cingár"
        },
        {
          "word": "vézna"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "lean (of meat, having little fat)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lean",
          "lean"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "low-fat, light (of dairy, not having a high number of calories from fat)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "low-fat",
          "low-fat"
        ],
        [
          "light",
          "light"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "zsírszegény"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "meager, poor, unsatisfactory"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "meager",
          "meager"
        ],
        [
          "poor",
          "poor"
        ],
        [
          "unsatisfactory",
          "unsatisfactory"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) meager, poor, unsatisfactory"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʃovaːɲ]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aːɲ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sovány"
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'non-attributive possessive – singular'",
  "path": [
    "sovány"
  ],
  "section": "Hungarian",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "sovány",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'non-attributive possessive – plural'",
  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Hungarian",
  "subsection": "adjective",
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  "trace": ""
}

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