bugyi

Hungarian

Etymology

Clipping and -i diminutive of the dated bugyogó (“knickers”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbuɟi]
• Hyphenation: bu‧gyi
• Rhymes: -ɟi

Noun

bugyi (plural bugyik)

1. (a pair of) knickers (UK), panties (US)

   Hypernym: fehérnemű

   Coordinate terms: (both: men’s underwear) alsónadrág, gatya

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	bugyi	bugyik
accusative	bugyit	bugyikat
dative	bugyinak	bugyiknak
instrumental	bugyival	bugyikkal
causal-final	bugyiért	bugyikért
translative	bugyivá	bugyikká
terminative	bugyiig	bugyikig
essive-formal	bugyiként	bugyikként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	bugyiban	bugyikban
superessive	bugyin	bugyikon
adessive	bugyinál	bugyiknál
illative	bugyiba	bugyikba
sublative	bugyira	bugyikra
allative	bugyihoz	bugyikhoz
elative	bugyiból	bugyikból
delative	bugyiról	bugyikról
ablative	bugyitól	bugyiktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	bugyié	bugyiké
non-attributive possessive - plural	bugyiéi	bugyikéi

Possessive forms of bugyi
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	bugyim	bugyijaim (or bugyiim)
2nd person sing.	bugyid	bugyijaid (or bugyiid)
3rd person sing.	bugyija	bugyijai (or bugyii)
1st person plural	bugyink	bugyijaink (or bugyiink)
2nd person plural	bugyitok	bugyijaitok (or bugyiitok)
3rd person plural	bugyijuk	bugyijaik (or bugyiik)

Further reading

• bugyi 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
• bugyi 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 2024).