Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Middle High German zil. Compare German Ziel.[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡seːl]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -eːl

Noun edit

cél (plural célok)

  1. target, goal, aim, purpose, objective
  2. finish, finish line (marking the end of a race)
    Antonym: start

Declension edit

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative cél célok
accusative célt célokat
dative célnak céloknak
instrumental céllal célokkal
causal-final célért célokért
translative céllá célokká
terminative célig célokig
essive-formal célként célokként
essive-modal célul
inessive célban célokban
superessive célon célokon
adessive célnál céloknál
illative célba célokba
sublative célra célokra
allative célhoz célokhoz
elative célból célokból
delative célról célokról
ablative céltól céloktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
célé céloké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
céléi célokéi
Possessive forms of cél
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. célom céljaim
2nd person sing. célod céljaid
3rd person sing. célja céljai
1st person plural célunk céljaink
2nd person plural célotok céljaitok
3rd person plural céljuk céljaik

Derived terms edit

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

References edit

  1. ^ cél 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

  • cél 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
  • cél 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)

Anagrams edit

Kashubian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Middle Polish cel.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡sʲel/
  • Syllabification: cél

Noun edit

cél m inan

  1. goal, aim, objective, target (that which one attempts to achieve)
  2. target (butt or mark to shoot at, as for practice, or to test the accuracy of a firearm, or the force of a projectile)
  3. target, aim (person or object that is the focus of one's actions)
  4. goal, aim, objective; destination (place where one would like to go)

Further reading edit

  • Stefan Ramułt (1893) “cel”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego[1] (in Kashubian), page 16
  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “cel”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi[2], volume 1, page 152
  • cél”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Masurian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Polish cel.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡sel]
  • Syllabification: cél

Noun edit

cél m inan

  1. goal, aim, objective, target (that which one attempts to achieve)

Further reading edit

  • Zofia Stamirowska (1987-2021) “cel”, in Anna Basara, editor, Słownik gwar Ostródzkiego, Warmii i Mazur[3], volume 1, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, →ISBN, pages 273-274