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Hungarian

Alternative forms

Etymology

sem (neither) + ha (introduces a conditional clause; here “when”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʃoɦɒ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: so‧ha
  • Rhymes: -hɒ

Adverb

soha

  1. never

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

Compound words
  • sosincs (= soha nincs, soha sincs; informal)

See also

More information question, question word ...

1 Semhogy and semmint are conjunctions meaning “(rather) than”, “before” (as in inkább meghal, semhogyhe'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

  • IPA(key): /sǒxa/
  • Hyphenation: so‧ha

Noun

sòha f (Cyrillic spelling со̀ха)

  1. branching tree

References

  • soha”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Ternate

Pronunciation

Verb

soha

  1. (stative) to be hungry

Conjugation

More information singular, plural ...

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)

  1. domain, field

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