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See also: SoHa
Hungarian
Alternative forms
Etymology
sem (“neither”) + ha (introduces a conditional clause; here “when”)
Pronunciation
Adverb
soha
Usage notes
Just like other adverbs with a general negative sense (senki, semmi, sehol etc.), it is used with another word of negation in Hungarian (double negation):
- Soha nem láttam még elefántot. ― I've never seen an elephant (yet).
or
- Nem láttam még elefántot soha. ― like above
However, if one of its alternative forms is used instead, no other negative follows (because these alternative forms already incorporate a negative sem or se):
- Sosem láttam még elefántot. ― like above
If it is separated from the verb, the negative appears again (strictly speaking, resulting in a triple negation):
- Nem láttam még elefántot sosem. ― like above
Derived terms
Expressions
Related terms
- sosincs (= soha nincs, soha sincs; informal)
See also
1 Semhogy and semmint are conjunctions meaning “(rather) than”, “before” (as in inkább meghal, semhogy… ― he'll rather die than…).
2 Valamint is now only used in the sense of “as well as” in enumerations.
3 Mindeddig/-addig mean “up until this/that point” (= egészen eddig/addig).
Csak following relative pronouns expresses “-ever”, e.g. aki csak (“whoever”); is after “any” pronouns emphasizes “no matter”: akármit is (“no matter what”).
Further reading
- soha 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.
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Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *soxa.
Pronunciation
Noun
sòha f (Cyrillic spelling со̀ха)
References
- “soha”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
Ternate
Pronunciation
Verb
soha
Conjugation
References
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
Uzbek
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic سَاحَة (sāḥa, “circle”). Compare Turkish saha.
Noun
soha (plural sohalar)
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