cikcakk
Hungarian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from German Zickzack (“zigzag”), from French zigzag.[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcikcakk (plural cikcakkok)
- zigzag (a line or path that proceeds by sharp turns in alternating directions)
Declension
edit| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | cikcakk | cikcakkok |
| accusative | cikcakkot | cikcakkokat |
| dative | cikcakknak | cikcakkoknak |
| instrumental | cikcakkal | cikcakkokkal |
| causal-final | cikcakkért | cikcakkokért |
| translative | cikcakká | cikcakkokká |
| terminative | cikcakkig | cikcakkokig |
| essive-formal | cikcakként | cikcakkokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | cikcakkban | cikcakkokban |
| superessive | cikcakkon | cikcakkokon |
| adessive | cikcakknál | cikcakkoknál |
| illative | cikcakkba | cikcakkokba |
| sublative | cikcakkra | cikcakkokra |
| allative | cikcakkhoz | cikcakkokhoz |
| elative | cikcakkból | cikcakkokból |
| delative | cikcakkról | cikcakkokról |
| ablative | cikcakktól | cikcakkoktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
cikcakké | cikcakkoké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
cikcakkéi | cikcakkokéi |
| Possessive forms of cikcakk | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | cikcakkom | cikcakkjaim |
| 2nd person sing. | cikcakkod | cikcakkjaid |
| 3rd person sing. | cikcakkja | cikcakkjai |
| 1st person plural | cikcakkunk | cikcakkjaink |
| 2nd person plural | cikcakkotok | cikcakkjaitok |
| 3rd person plural | cikcakkjuk | cikcakkjaik |
Derived terms
editCompound words
References
edit- ^ cikcakk 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- cikcakk 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
- cikcakk 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)