Hungarian

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Etymology

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First attested in 1373. Borrowed from Slovak koterec.[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ketrec (plural ketrecek)

  1. cage (an enclosure made of bars, normally to hold animals)

Declension

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Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative ketrec ketrecek
accusative ketrecet ketreceket
dative ketrecnek ketreceknek
instrumental ketreccel ketrecekkel
causal-final ketrecért ketrecekért
translative ketreccé ketrecekké
terminative ketrecig ketrecekig
essive-formal ketrecként ketrecekként
essive-modal
inessive ketrecben ketrecekben
superessive ketrecen ketreceken
adessive ketrecnél ketreceknél
illative ketrecbe ketrecekbe
sublative ketrecre ketrecekre
allative ketrechez ketrecekhez
elative ketrecből ketrecekből
delative ketrecről ketrecekről
ablative ketrectől ketrecektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
ketrecé ketreceké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
ketrecéi ketrecekéi
Possessive forms of ketrec
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. ketrecem ketreceim
2nd person sing. ketreced ketreceid
3rd person sing. ketrece ketrecei
1st person plural ketrecünk ketreceink
2nd person plural ketrecetek ketreceitek
3rd person plural ketrecük ketreceik

References

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  1. ^ ketrec 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.)
  2. ^ ketrec in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN

Further reading

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  • ketrec 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