copf
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowing from German Zopf (“pigtail”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
copf (countable and uncountable, plural copfok)
- pigtail, braid, plait (any long bundle of hair, braided or not)
- (art) late Baroque (a style chiefly in architecture and the applied arts)
- Synonym: copf stílus
Declension edit
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | copf | copfok |
| accusative | copfot | copfokat |
| dative | copfnak | copfoknak |
| instrumental | copffal | copfokkal |
| causal-final | copfért | copfokért |
| translative | copffá | copfokká |
| terminative | copfig | copfokig |
| essive-formal | copfként | copfokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | copfban | copfokban |
| superessive | copfon | copfokon |
| adessive | copfnál | copfoknál |
| illative | copfba | copfokba |
| sublative | copfra | copfokra |
| allative | copfhoz | copfokhoz |
| elative | copfból | copfokból |
| delative | copfról | copfokról |
| ablative | copftól | copfoktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
copfé | copfoké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
copféi | copfokéi |
| Possessive forms of copf | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | copfom | copfjaim |
| 2nd person sing. | copfod | copfjaid |
| 3rd person sing. | copfja | copfjai |
| 1st person plural | copfunk | copfjaink |
| 2nd person plural | copfotok | copfjaitok |
| 3rd person plural | copfjuk | copfjaik |
Further reading edit
- copf 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
- copf 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)