halk
Etruscan edit
Romanization edit
halk
- Romanization of 𐌇𐌀𐌋𐌊
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
Of unknown origin.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
halk (comparative halkabb, superlative leghalkabb)
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | halk | halkak |
accusative | halkat | halkakat |
dative | halknak | halkaknak |
instrumental | halkkal | halkakkal |
causal-final | halkért | halkakért |
translative | halkká | halkakká |
terminative | halkig | halkakig |
essive-formal | halkként | halkakként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | halkban | halkakban |
superessive | halkon | halkakon |
adessive | halknál | halkaknál |
illative | halkba | halkakba |
sublative | halkra | halkakra |
allative | halkhoz | halkakhoz |
elative | halkból | halkakból |
delative | halkról | halkakról |
ablative | halktól | halkaktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
halké | halkaké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
halkéi | halkakéi |
Derived terms edit
Compound words
Expressions
References edit
- ^ halk 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
- halk 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
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old English healc, healoc, from Proto-West Germanic *halhuk; equivalent to hale (“nook”) + -ok.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
halk (plural halkes, dative halke)
- A nook; a corner of a building or area.
- 1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “The Wordes of the Worthẏ Hoost to the Ffrankeleẏn”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published c. 1400–1410], →OCLC, folio 159, recto:
- […] Seken / in eu[er]y halke / and euery herne / Particuler Sciences / foꝛ to lerne
- [They] look in every nook and corner / for specific topics to learn.
- (figuratively, rare) An esoteric signification.
References edit
- “halk, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish خلق (halk), from Arabic خَلْق (ḵalq).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
halk (definite accusative halkı, plural halklar)
Declension edit
Inflection | ||
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Nominative | halk | |
Definite accusative | halkı | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | halk | halklar |
Definite accusative | halkı | halkları |
Dative | halka | halklara |
Locative | halkta | halklarda |
Ablative | halktan | halklardan |
Genitive | halkın | halkların |