pocak
Hungarian
editEtymology
editProbably from Old Hungarian poc (“belly”) (of unknown origin) + -k (“diminutive suffix”).[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpocak (plural pocakok)
- (colloquial, humorous) potbelly, belly, paunch (a protruding abdomen of a human)
Declension
editInflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | pocak | pocakok |
accusative | pocakot | pocakokat |
dative | pocaknak | pocakoknak |
instrumental | pocakkal | pocakokkal |
causal-final | pocakért | pocakokért |
translative | pocakká | pocakokká |
terminative | pocakig | pocakokig |
essive-formal | pocakként | pocakokként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | pocakban | pocakokban |
superessive | pocakon | pocakokon |
adessive | pocaknál | pocakoknál |
illative | pocakba | pocakokba |
sublative | pocakra | pocakokra |
allative | pocakhoz | pocakokhoz |
elative | pocakból | pocakokból |
delative | pocakról | pocakokról |
ablative | pocaktól | pocakoktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
pocaké | pocakoké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
pocakéi | pocakokéi |
Possessive forms of pocak | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | pocakom | pocakjaim |
2nd person sing. | pocakod | pocakjaid |
3rd person sing. | pocakja | pocakjai |
1st person plural | pocakunk | pocakjaink |
2nd person plural | pocakotok | pocakjaitok |
3rd person plural | pocakjuk | pocakjaik |
Derived terms
editCompound words
Expressions
References
edit- ^ pocak 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- pocak 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