See also: pöfön

Hungarian

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Etymology

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First attested in 1636. Lexicalization of pofa (face) +‎ -on (case suffix), literally on the face.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈpofon]
  • Hyphenation: po‧fon
  • Rhymes: -on

Adverb

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pofon (not comparable)

  1. (with verbs expressing slapping) in the face

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Compound words

Noun

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pofon (plural pofonok)

  1. slap in the face
    Synonyms: arculütés, arculcsapás, tasli

Declension

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Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative pofon pofonok
accusative pofont pofonokat
dative pofonnak pofonoknak
instrumental pofonnal pofonokkal
causal-final pofonért pofonokért
translative pofonná pofonokká
terminative pofonig pofonokig
essive-formal pofonként pofonokként
essive-modal
inessive pofonban pofonokban
superessive pofonon pofonokon
adessive pofonnál pofonoknál
illative pofonba pofonokba
sublative pofonra pofonokra
allative pofonhoz pofonokhoz
elative pofonból pofonokból
delative pofonról pofonokról
ablative pofontól pofonoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
pofoné pofonoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
pofonéi pofonokéi
Possessive forms of pofon
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. pofonom pofonjaim
2nd person sing. pofonod pofonjaid
3rd person sing. pofonja pofonjai
1st person plural pofonunk pofonjaink
2nd person plural pofonotok pofonjaitok
3rd person plural pofonjuk pofonjaik

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ pofon 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

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  • pofon 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
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