See also: bírtok

Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

First attested in 1524. From the verb bír (to possess).[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈbirtok]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: bir‧tok
  • Rhymes: -ok

Noun edit

birtok (plural birtokok)

  1. possession, property, holding (something that is owned)
    Synonyms: vagyon, tulajdon, javak
  2. Synonym of földbirtok (estate, property, land)
  3. (usually with a possessive ending) possession, ownership (taking, holding, keeping something as one’s own)
    Synonyms: birtoklás, tulajdonlás
  4. (linguistics) possession, possessee (the thing which is possessed)
    Coordinate term: (possessor) birtokos

Declension edit

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative birtok birtokok
accusative birtokot birtokokat
dative birtoknak birtokoknak
instrumental birtokkal birtokokkal
causal-final birtokért birtokokért
translative birtokká birtokokká
terminative birtokig birtokokig
essive-formal birtokként birtokokként
essive-modal
inessive birtokban birtokokban
superessive birtokon birtokokon
adessive birtoknál birtokoknál
illative birtokba birtokokba
sublative birtokra birtokokra
allative birtokhoz birtokokhoz
elative birtokból birtokokból
delative birtokról birtokokról
ablative birtoktól birtokoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
birtoké birtokoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
birtokéi birtokokéi
Possessive forms of birtok
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. birtokom birtokaim
2nd person sing. birtokod birtokaid
3rd person sing. birtoka birtokai
1st person plural birtokunk birtokaink
2nd person plural birtokotok birtokaitok
3rd person plural birtokuk birtokaik

Derived terms edit

Compound words with this term at the beginning
Compound words with this term at the end
Expressions

References edit

  1. ^ birtok 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

  • birtok 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
  • birtok in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)