Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

Clipping and -i diminutive of cigaretta (cigarette).[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡siɡi]
  • Hyphenation: ci‧gi
  • Rhymes: -ɡi

Noun edit

cigi (plural cigik)

  1. (colloquial) cig, smoke (cigarette)
    Synonym: cigaretta

Declension edit

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative cigi cigik
accusative cigit cigiket
dative ciginek cigiknek
instrumental cigivel cigikkel
causal-final cigiért cigikért
translative cigivé cigikké
terminative cigiig cigikig
essive-formal cigiként cigikként
essive-modal
inessive cigiben cigikben
superessive cigin cigiken
adessive ciginél cigiknél
illative cigibe cigikbe
sublative cigire cigikre
allative cigihez cigikhez
elative cigiből cigikből
delative cigiről cigikről
ablative cigitől cigiktől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
cigié cigiké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
cigiéi cigikéi
Possessive forms of cigi
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. cigim cigijeim
2nd person sing. cigid cigijeid
3rd person sing. cigije cigijei
1st person plural cigink cigijeink
2nd person plural cigitek cigijeitek
3rd person plural cigijük cigijeik

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ cigi 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

  • cigi 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
  • cigi 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)