pofon
See also: pöfön
Hungarian
editEtymology
editFirst attested in 1636. Lexicalization of pofa (“face”) + -on (case suffix), literally “on the face”.[1]
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editpofon (not comparable)
- (with verbs expressing slapping) in the face
Derived terms
editCompound words
Noun
editpofon (plural pofonok)
- slap in the face
- Synonyms: arculütés, arculcsapás, tasli
Declension
editInflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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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 | ||
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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
editCompound words
Expressions
Related terms
editReferences
edit- ^ 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
edit- 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