Hungarian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈbuktɒ]
  • Hyphenation: buk‧ta
  • Rhymes: -tɒ

Etymology 1

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From Slovak buchta, buchty.[1]

Noun

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bukta (plural bukták)

  1. jam(-filled) bun
Declension
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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative bukta bukták
accusative buktát buktákat
dative buktának buktáknak
instrumental buktával buktákkal
causal-final buktáért buktákért
translative buktává buktákká
terminative buktáig buktákig
essive-formal buktaként buktákként
essive-modal
inessive buktában buktákban
superessive buktán buktákon
adessive buktánál buktáknál
illative buktába buktákba
sublative buktára buktákra
allative buktához buktákhoz
elative buktából buktákból
delative buktáról buktákról
ablative buktától buktáktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
buktáé buktáké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
buktáéi buktákéi
Possessive forms of bukta
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. buktám buktáim
2nd person sing. buktád buktáid
3rd person sing. buktája buktái
1st person plural buktánk buktáink
2nd person plural buktátok buktáitok
3rd person plural buktájuk buktáik

Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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bukta (plural bukták)

  1. (colloquial) failure, flop
Declension
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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative bukta bukták
accusative buktát buktákat
dative buktának buktáknak
instrumental buktával buktákkal
causal-final buktáért buktákért
translative buktává buktákká
terminative buktáig buktákig
essive-formal buktaként buktákként
essive-modal
inessive buktában buktákban
superessive buktán buktákon
adessive buktánál buktáknál
illative buktába buktákba
sublative buktára buktákra
allative buktához buktákhoz
elative buktából buktákból
delative buktáról buktákról
ablative buktától buktáktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
buktáé buktáké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
buktáéi buktákéi
Possessive forms of bukta
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. buktám buktáim
2nd person sing. buktád buktáid
3rd person sing. buktája buktái
1st person plural buktánk buktáink
2nd person plural buktátok buktáitok
3rd person plural buktájuk buktáik

Etymology 3

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From the buk- stem of bukik (to miss out on, lose, drop, colloquial) +‎ -ta (amalgamated noun-forming and possessive suffix).

Noun

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bukta (uncountable)

  1. (literary, archaic) his/her/its fall, downfall, collapse, ruin, defeat, undoing
    Synonym: bukása
Declension
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Possessive forms of bukta
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. buktom
2nd person sing. buktod
3rd person sing. bukta
1st person plural buktunk
2nd person plural buktotok
3rd person plural buktuk

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Possessive forms of bukta
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. buktam
2nd person sing. buktad
3rd person sing. bukta
1st person plural buktunk
2nd person plural buktatok
3rd person plural buktuk

Etymology 4

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From the buk- stem of bukik (to miss out on, lose, drop, colloquial) +‎ -ta (personal suffix).

Verb

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bukta

  1. third-person singular indicative past definite of bukik
Usage notes
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This form also occurs when a verbal prefix is separated from the verb:

References

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  1. ^ bukta 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

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  • (jam bun): bukta 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
  • (fall, downfall [literary]): bukta 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
  • bukta 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)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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bukta m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of bukt

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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bukta f

  1. definite singular of bukt

Swedish

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Verb

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bukta (present buktar, preterite buktade, supine buktat, imperative bukta)

  1. (often with a particle like ut (out), in (in), or upp (up) to specify a direction) to curve smoothly

Usage notes

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Think bulge, but more general, like a rounded indentation or (as a more exotic and rare example) a soft cover on a book that won't lie flat and curves upward.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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See also

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References

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Ulch

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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bukta

  1. fragment

References

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  • Rachel Walker, Round Licencing, Harmony, and Bisyllabic Triggers in Altaic, 2001.