Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

First attested in c. 1380. Unknown.[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡sɒfrɒŋɡ]
  • Hyphenation: caf‧rang
  • Rhymes: -ɒŋɡ

Noun edit

cafrang (plural cafrangok)

  1. frill, fringe (pleated material used as decoration)
    Synonyms: bojt, rojt, sallang
  2. (derogatory) frill, fringe (luxury)

Declension edit

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative cafrang cafrangok
accusative cafrangot cafrangokat
dative cafrangnak cafrangoknak
instrumental cafranggal cafrangokkal
causal-final cafrangért cafrangokért
translative cafranggá cafrangokká
terminative cafrangig cafrangokig
essive-formal cafrangként cafrangokként
essive-modal
inessive cafrangban cafrangokban
superessive cafrangon cafrangokon
adessive cafrangnál cafrangoknál
illative cafrangba cafrangokba
sublative cafrangra cafrangokra
allative cafranghoz cafrangokhoz
elative cafrangból cafrangokból
delative cafrangról cafrangokról
ablative cafrangtól cafrangoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
cafrangé cafrangoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
cafrangéi cafrangokéi
Possessive forms of cafrang
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. cafrangom cafrangjaim
2nd person sing. cafrangod cafrangjaid
3rd person sing. cafrangja cafrangjai
1st person plural cafrangunk cafrangjaink
2nd person plural cafrangotok cafrangjaitok
3rd person plural cafrangjuk cafrangjaik

Derived terms edit

Compound words with this term at the beginning

References edit

  1. ^ cafrang 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

  • cafrang 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
  • cafrang 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)