# hív
## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈhiːv]
* Rhymes: -iːv

### Etymology 1

Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Uralic *kaŋe- (“to call”).

#### Verb

hív
* (transitive) to call (to request, summon, or beckon)
    Perfective: meghív
* (transitive) to call (to contact by telephone)
    Perfective: felhív
    Hívom a rendőrséget. ― I'm calling the police.
* (transitive) to call (to name or refer to)
    Hogy hívnak (téged)? (informal) ― What’s your name? (literally, “How do they call you?”) Also: “what’s my/our name?”. Ambiguity may be averted with téged, titeket, engem, or minket.
    Hogy hívják (önt/magát)? (formal) ― What’s your name? (literally, “How do they call you?”) Also: “what’s his/her/its/their name?”. Ambiguity may be averted with önt, önöket, magát, magukat, őt, őket, ezt/azt, or ezeket/azokat.

##### Usage notes

In terms of introducing people, the verb’s indefinite form (e.g. hívnak in present tense) is used to express when someone calls (literally “they call”) me, us, or you in the informal way, singular or plural (or an indefinite, unspecified person), that is, when I am called, we are called, or (informal) you are called, i.e. I am introduced, we are introduced, or (informal) you are introduced.
On the other hand, its definite form (e.g. hívják in present tense) is used to express when someone calls (literally “they call”) him, her, it, them, or you in the formal way (or one or more definite person/people), that is, when he/she/it is called or they are called or (formal) you are called, i.e. he/she/it is introduced, they are introduced or (formal) you are introduced.
See also Definite and indefinite conjugations of Hungarian verbs in Wikipedia.

##### Derived terms

* hivatal
* hívat
* hívás
(With verbal prefixes):
* áthív
* behív
* elhív
* előhív
* felhív
* félrehív
* fölhív
* hazahív
* idehív
* kihív
* lehív
* meghív
* összehív
* ráhív
* visszahív

### Etymology 2

A variant form of hű (“loyal”).

#### Adjective

hív (comparative hívebb, superlative leghívebb)
* (archaic) Alternative form of hű (“loyal, faithful, devoted”)

##### Derived terms

* híven

#### Noun

hív (plural hívek)
* (with a possessive suffix) follower (one who follows), adherent
    Synonyms: követő, támogató
* (with a possessive suffix) devotee, admirer, enthusiast, fan
    Synonyms: rajongó, hódoló
* (religion, plural only) the faithful, parishioners, the congregation
    Synonyms: gyülekezet, egyházközség

#### Usage notes

Normally it is only used with possessive suffixes: hívem, híved, híve, etc., see below in the box "Possessive forms of hív".

#### Declension
### See also

* hisz (“to believe, think”) → hívő (unrelated to the above verb)

### References

* ↑ Entry #240 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
* ↑ hív 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.)

### Further reading

* (to call, invite): hív 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
* (faithful; follower): hív 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