birka
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
First attested in 1347. Of debated origin:[1]
- A native word.
- Borrowed from Czech.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
birka (plural birkák)
- sheep
- Synonym: juh
- mutton, lamb (meat)
- (derogatory) sheep (person who unquestioningly accepts as true whatever their political leaders say or who adopts popular opinion as their own without scrutiny)
Declension edit
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | birka | birkák |
| accusative | birkát | birkákat |
| dative | birkának | birkáknak |
| instrumental | birkával | birkákkal |
| causal-final | birkáért | birkákért |
| translative | birkává | birkákká |
| terminative | birkáig | birkákig |
| essive-formal | birkaként | birkákként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | birkában | birkákban |
| superessive | birkán | birkákon |
| adessive | birkánál | birkáknál |
| illative | birkába | birkákba |
| sublative | birkára | birkákra |
| allative | birkához | birkákhoz |
| elative | birkából | birkákból |
| delative | birkáról | birkákról |
| ablative | birkától | birkáktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
birkáé | birkáké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
birkáéi | birkákéi |
| Possessive forms of birka | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | birkám | birkáim |
| 2nd person sing. | birkád | birkáid |
| 3rd person sing. | birkája | birkái |
| 1st person plural | birkánk | birkáink |
| 2nd person plural | birkátok | birkáitok |
| 3rd person plural | birkájuk | birkáik |
References edit
- ^ birka 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
- birka 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
- birka 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)
Latvian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
birka f (4th declension)
Declension edit
Declension of birka (4th declension)
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Noun edit
birka f (definite singular birka, indefinite plural birker or birkor, definite plural birkene or birkone)
Nyunga edit
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Adjective edit
birka
- badly wounded, bruised, sore
References edit
- 1839, George Grey, Vocabulary of the Aboriginal Language of Western Australia (Perth gazette and Western Australian journal)