heon

Hungarian

Etymology

From the he variant of the obsolete or dialectal hiu (“emptiness”) + -n.[1] Compare csupán (“only”), pusztán (“barely”).[1] First attested c. 1195.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhɛon]
  • Hyphenation: he‧on
  • Rhymes: -on

Adverb

heon (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) only, solely
    • c. 1195, Halotti beszéd és könyörgés, English translation based on Benkő Lóránds translation:
      Eſ mend paradiſumben uolov gimilcíctul munda nekí elnie. Heon tilutoa wt ig fa gimilcetvl.
      And he told him to live on all the fruits of paradise. He only forbade him from the fruit of one tree.
    • c. 1195, Halotti beszéd és könyörgés, English translation based on Benkő Lóránds translation:
      Num heon muga nec. ge mend w foianec halalut evec.
      They ate death not only for him, but for all his kind.

Synonyms

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 heon in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Middle English

Etymology 1

Pronoun

heon

  1. alternative form of hem (“them”)

Etymology 2

Verb

heon

  1. alternative form of hewen (“to make a loud noise”)
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