cérna
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from German Zwirn.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cérna (plural cérnák)
- thread (a long, thin and flexible form of material, generally with a round cross-section, used in sewing, weaving or in the construction of strings)
- (with a possessive suffix, chiefly in the negative, colloquial) Synonym of türelem (“patience”)
Declension edit
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | cérna | cérnák |
| accusative | cérnát | cérnákat |
| dative | cérnának | cérnáknak |
| instrumental | cérnával | cérnákkal |
| causal-final | cérnáért | cérnákért |
| translative | cérnává | cérnákká |
| terminative | cérnáig | cérnákig |
| essive-formal | cérnaként | cérnákként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | cérnában | cérnákban |
| superessive | cérnán | cérnákon |
| adessive | cérnánál | cérnáknál |
| illative | cérnába | cérnákba |
| sublative | cérnára | cérnákra |
| allative | cérnához | cérnákhoz |
| elative | cérnából | cérnákból |
| delative | cérnáról | cérnákról |
| ablative | cérnától | cérnáktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
cérnáé | cérnáké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
cérnáéi | cérnákéi |
| Possessive forms of cérna | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | cérnám | cérnáim |
| 2nd person sing. | cérnád | cérnáid |
| 3rd person sing. | cérnája | cérnái |
| 1st person plural | cérnánk | cérnáink |
| 2nd person plural | cérnátok | cérnáitok |
| 3rd person plural | cérnájuk | cérnáik |
Derived terms edit
Compound words
See also edit
References edit
- ^ cérna 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
- cérna 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
- cérna 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)