coboly
Hungarian
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Etymology
editA wanderword, arrived to Hungarian via Russian соболь (sobolʹ). Compare German Zobel, Medieval Latin sabelum.[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcoboly (plural cobolyok)
- sable (a small mammal, Martes zibellina)
Declension
edit| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | coboly | cobolyok |
| accusative | cobolyt | cobolyokat |
| dative | cobolynak | cobolyoknak |
| instrumental | cobollyal | cobolyokkal |
| causal-final | cobolyért | cobolyokért |
| translative | cobollyá | cobolyokká |
| terminative | cobolyig | cobolyokig |
| essive-formal | cobolyként | cobolyokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | cobolyban | cobolyokban |
| superessive | cobolyon | cobolyokon |
| adessive | cobolynál | cobolyoknál |
| illative | cobolyba | cobolyokba |
| sublative | cobolyra | cobolyokra |
| allative | cobolyhoz | cobolyokhoz |
| elative | cobolyból | cobolyokból |
| delative | cobolyról | cobolyokról |
| ablative | cobolytól | cobolyoktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
cobolyé | cobolyoké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
cobolyéi | cobolyokéi |
| Possessive forms of coboly | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | cobolyom | cobolyaim |
| 2nd person sing. | cobolyod | cobolyaid |
| 3rd person sing. | cobolya | cobolyai |
| 1st person plural | cobolyunk | cobolyaink |
| 2nd person plural | cobolyotok | cobolyaitok |
| 3rd person plural | cobolyuk | cobolyaik |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ coboly 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
edit- coboly 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
- coboly 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).