karnis

Hungarian

Etymology

First attested in 1789. Borrowed from Austrian German Karnische (“curtain-rod”), from French corniche (“cornice”), from Italian cornice (“frame, cornice”), from Latin corōnis (“curved line, flourish in writing”), from Ancient Greek κορωνίς (korōnís, “curved object”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɒrniʃ]
• Hyphenation: kar‧nis
• Rhymes: -iʃ

Noun

karnis (plural karnisok)

1. pelmet, valance, curtain-rod

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	karnis	karnisok
accusative	karnist	karnisokat
dative	karnisnak	karnisoknak
instrumental	karnissal	karnisokkal
causal-final	karnisért	karnisokért
translative	karnissá	karnisokká
terminative	karnisig	karnisokig
essive-formal	karnisként	karnisokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	karnisban	karnisokban
superessive	karnison	karnisokon
adessive	karnisnál	karnisoknál
illative	karnisba	karnisokba
sublative	karnisra	karnisokra
allative	karnishoz	karnisokhoz
elative	karnisból	karnisokból
delative	karnisról	karnisokról
ablative	karnistól	karnisoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	karnisé	karnisoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	karniséi	karnisokéi

Possessive forms of karnis
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	karnisom	karnisaim
2nd person sing.	karnisod	karnisaid
3rd person sing.	karnisa	karnisai
1st person plural	karnisunk	karnisaink
2nd person plural	karnisotok	karnisaitok
3rd person plural	karnisuk	karnisaik

Further reading

• karnis 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