Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

gerinc (spine, backbone) +‎ -es (adjective-forming suffix)

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡɛrint͡sɛʃ]
  • Hyphenation: ge‧rin‧ces
  • Rhymes: -ɛʃ

Adjective edit

gerinces (comparative gerincesebb, superlative leggerincesebb)

  1. vertebrate (having a backbone)
  2. of strong character, firm, resolute

Declension edit

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative gerinces gerincesek
accusative gerinceset gerinceseket
dative gerincesnek gerinceseknek
instrumental gerincessel gerincesekkel
causal-final gerincesért gerincesekért
translative gerincessé gerincesekké
terminative gerincesig gerincesekig
essive-formal gerincesként gerincesekként
essive-modal
inessive gerincesben gerincesekben
superessive gerincesen gerinceseken
adessive gerincesnél gerinceseknél
illative gerincesbe gerincesekbe
sublative gerincesre gerincesekre
allative gerinceshez gerincesekhez
elative gerincesből gerincesekből
delative gerincesről gerincesekről
ablative gerincestől gerincesektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
gerincesé gerinceseké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
gerinceséi gerincesekéi

Coordinate terms edit

Noun edit

gerinces (plural gerincesek)

  1. vertebrate (an animal having a backbone)

Declension edit

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative gerinces gerincesek
accusative gerincest gerinceseket
dative gerincesnek gerinceseknek
instrumental gerincessel gerincesekkel
causal-final gerincesért gerincesekért
translative gerincessé gerincesekké
terminative gerincesig gerincesekig
essive-formal gerincesként gerincesekként
essive-modal
inessive gerincesben gerincesekben
superessive gerincesen gerinceseken
adessive gerincesnél gerinceseknél
illative gerincesbe gerincesekbe
sublative gerincesre gerincesekre
allative gerinceshez gerincesekhez
elative gerincesből gerincesekből
delative gerincesről gerincesekről
ablative gerincestől gerincesektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
gerincesé gerinceseké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
gerinceséi gerincesekéi
Possessive forms of gerinces
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. gerincesem gerinceseim
2nd person sing. gerincesed gerinceseid
3rd person sing. gerincese gerincesei
1st person plural gerincesünk gerinceseink
2nd person plural gerincesetek gerinceseitek
3rd person plural gerincesük gerinceseik

Further reading edit

  • gerinces 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