birka
Hungarian
editEtymology
editFirst attested in 1347. Of debated origin:[1]
- A native word.
- Borrowed from Czech.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbirka (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
editInflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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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 | ||
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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
editEtymology
editNoun
editbirka f (4th declension)
Declension
editDeclension of birka (4th declension)
Norwegian Nynorsk
editNoun
editbirka f (definite singular birka, indefinite plural birker or birkor, definite plural birkene or birkone)
Nyunga
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Adjective
editbirka
- badly wounded, bruised, sore
References
edit- 1839, George Grey, Vocabulary of the Aboriginal Language of Western Australia (Perth gazette and Western Australian journal)
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- Hungarian lemmas
- Hungarian nouns
- Hungarian derogatory terms
- hu:Sheep
- hu:People
- Latvian terms derived from Russian
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- Latvian fourth declension nouns
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