Hungarian

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Etymology

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bors +‎ -uk (possessive suffix)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈborʃuk]
  • Hyphenation: bor‧suk

Noun

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borsuk

  1. third-person plural single-possession possessive of bors

Declension

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Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative borsuk
accusative borsukat
dative borsuknak
instrumental borsukkal
causal-final borsukért
translative borsukká
terminative borsukig
essive-formal borsukként
essive-modal borsukul
inessive borsukban
superessive borsukon
adessive borsuknál
illative borsukba
sublative borsukra
allative borsukhoz
elative borsukból
delative borsukról
ablative borsuktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
borsuké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
borsukéi

Polish

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borsuk

Etymology

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Borrowed from Ukrainian борсу́к (borsúk), from Ottoman Turkish بورصوق (borsuk), from Proto-Turkic *borsuk (badger).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbɔr.suk/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔrsuk
  • Syllabification: bor‧suk

Noun

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borsuk m animal (female equivalent borsuczyca)

  1. badger, especially any species belonging to the genus Meles
    Synonym: jaźwiec

Declension

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Derived terms

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adjective

References

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  1. ^ Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “borsuk”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna:turecka nazwa zamiast rodzimej, p.jaźwiec, już w 16. w. w Wielkopolsce obiegająca; Ruś pisze je barsuk; tur. borsuk.

Further reading

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  • borsuk in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • borsuk in Polish dictionaries at PWN