Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

First attested in 1789. Borrowed from Austrian German Karnische (curtain-rod), from French corniche (cornice), from Italian cornice (frame, cornice), from Latin corōnis (curved line, flourish in writing), from Ancient Greek κορωνίς (korōnís, curved object).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈkɒrniʃ]
  • Hyphenation: kar‧nis
  • Rhymes: -iʃ

Noun edit

karnis (plural karnisok)

  1. pelmet, valance, curtain-rod

Declension edit

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative karnis karnisok
accusative karnist karnisokat
dative karnisnak karnisoknak
instrumental karnissal karnisokkal
causal-final karnisért karnisokért
translative karnissá karnisokká
terminative karnisig karnisokig
essive-formal karnisként karnisokként
essive-modal
inessive karnisban karnisokban
superessive karnison karnisokon
adessive karnisnál karnisoknál
illative karnisba karnisokba
sublative karnisra karnisokra
allative karnishoz karnisokhoz
elative karnisból karnisokból
delative karnisról karnisokról
ablative karnistól karnisoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
karnisé karnisoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
karniséi karnisokéi
Possessive forms of karnis
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. karnisom karnisaim
2nd person sing. karnisod karnisaid
3rd person sing. karnisa karnisai
1st person plural karnisunk karnisaink
2nd person plural karnisotok karnisaitok
3rd person plural karnisuk karnisaik

Further reading edit

  • karnis 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