Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

From German Backfisch (teenage girl, literally fried fish).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈbɒkfiʃ]
  • Hyphenation: bak‧fis
  • Rhymes: -iʃ

Noun edit

bakfis (plural bakfisok)

  1. backfisch (a teenage or late-adolescent girl)

Declension edit

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative bakfis bakfisok
accusative bakfist bakfisokat
dative bakfisnak bakfisoknak
instrumental bakfissal bakfisokkal
causal-final bakfisért bakfisokért
translative bakfissá bakfisokká
terminative bakfisig bakfisokig
essive-formal bakfisként bakfisokként
essive-modal
inessive bakfisban bakfisokban
superessive bakfison bakfisokon
adessive bakfisnál bakfisoknál
illative bakfisba bakfisokba
sublative bakfisra bakfisokra
allative bakfishoz bakfisokhoz
elative bakfisból bakfisokból
delative bakfisról bakfisokról
ablative bakfistól bakfisoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
bakfisé bakfisoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
bakfiséi bakfisokéi
Possessive forms of bakfis
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. bakfisom bakfisaim
2nd person sing. bakfisod bakfisaid
3rd person sing. bakfisa bakfisai
1st person plural bakfisunk bakfisaink
2nd person plural bakfisotok bakfisaitok
3rd person plural bakfisuk bakfisaik

Further reading edit

  • bakfis 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
  • bakfis 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)