cirmos
See also: Cirmos
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
From an otherwise unattested base word + -os (“adjective-forming suffix”). Earlier it was also used for wolves, sheep or goats, but today it is used mainly for cats.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
cirmos (comparative cirmosabb, superlative legcirmosabb)
- brindled (of a gray color with brown streaks or spots; used for cats, poultry, dogs)
- (rare) ash-grey
- (rare, folksy) dirty-faced, filthy, sooty (of a child)
- (dialectal, of plants) striped
- cirmos alma ― striped apple
Declension edit
| Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | cirmos | cirmosak |
| accusative | cirmosat | cirmosakat |
| dative | cirmosnak | cirmosaknak |
| instrumental | cirmossal | cirmosakkal |
| causal-final | cirmosért | cirmosakért |
| translative | cirmossá | cirmosakká |
| terminative | cirmosig | cirmosakig |
| essive-formal | cirmosként | cirmosakként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | cirmosban | cirmosakban |
| superessive | cirmoson | cirmosakon |
| adessive | cirmosnál | cirmosaknál |
| illative | cirmosba | cirmosakba |
| sublative | cirmosra | cirmosakra |
| allative | cirmoshoz | cirmosakhoz |
| elative | cirmosból | cirmosakból |
| delative | cirmosról | cirmosakról |
| ablative | cirmostól | cirmosaktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
cirmosé | cirmosaké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
cirmoséi | cirmosakéi |
Noun edit
cirmos (plural cirmosok)
- tabby (tabby cat)
Declension edit
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | cirmos | cirmosok |
| accusative | cirmost | cirmosokat |
| dative | cirmosnak | cirmosoknak |
| instrumental | cirmossal | cirmosokkal |
| causal-final | cirmosért | cirmosokért |
| translative | cirmossá | cirmosokká |
| terminative | cirmosig | cirmosokig |
| essive-formal | cirmosként | cirmosokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | cirmosban | cirmosokban |
| superessive | cirmoson | cirmosokon |
| adessive | cirmosnál | cirmosoknál |
| illative | cirmosba | cirmosokba |
| sublative | cirmosra | cirmosokra |
| allative | cirmoshoz | cirmosokhoz |
| elative | cirmosból | cirmosokból |
| delative | cirmosról | cirmosokról |
| ablative | cirmostól | cirmosoktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
cirmosé | cirmosoké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
cirmoséi | cirmosokéi |
| Possessive forms of cirmos | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | cirmosom | cirmosaim |
| 2nd person sing. | cirmosod | cirmosaid |
| 3rd person sing. | cirmosa | cirmosai |
| 1st person plural | cirmosunk | cirmosaink |
| 2nd person plural | cirmosotok | cirmosaitok |
| 3rd person plural | cirmosuk | cirmosaik |
References edit
- ^ cirmos 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
- cirmos 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
- cirmos 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)