cirmos
See also: Cirmos
Hungarian
editEtymology
editFrom an otherwise unattested base word + -os (“adjective-forming suffix”). Earlier it was also used for wolves, sheep or goats, but today it is used mainly for cats.[1]
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editcirmos (comparative cirmosabb, superlative legcirmosabb)
- brindled (of a gray color with brown streaks or spots; used for cats, poultry, dogs)
- (rare) ash-grey
- (rare, folksy) dirty-faced, filthy, sooty (of a child)
- (dialectal, of plants) striped
- cirmos alma ― striped apple
Declension
editInflection (stem in -a-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | cirmos | cirmosak |
accusative | cirmosat | cirmosakat |
dative | cirmosnak | cirmosaknak |
instrumental | cirmossal | cirmosakkal |
causal-final | cirmosért | cirmosakért |
translative | cirmossá | cirmosakká |
terminative | cirmosig | cirmosakig |
essive-formal | cirmosként | cirmosakként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | cirmosban | cirmosakban |
superessive | cirmoson | cirmosakon |
adessive | cirmosnál | cirmosaknál |
illative | cirmosba | cirmosakba |
sublative | cirmosra | cirmosakra |
allative | cirmoshoz | cirmosakhoz |
elative | cirmosból | cirmosakból |
delative | cirmosról | cirmosakról |
ablative | cirmostól | cirmosaktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
cirmosé | cirmosaké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
cirmoséi | cirmosakéi |
Noun
editcirmos (plural cirmosok)
- tabby (tabby cat)
Declension
editInflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | cirmos | cirmosok |
accusative | cirmost | cirmosokat |
dative | cirmosnak | cirmosoknak |
instrumental | cirmossal | cirmosokkal |
causal-final | cirmosért | cirmosokért |
translative | cirmossá | cirmosokká |
terminative | cirmosig | cirmosokig |
essive-formal | cirmosként | cirmosokként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | cirmosban | cirmosokban |
superessive | cirmoson | cirmosokon |
adessive | cirmosnál | cirmosoknál |
illative | cirmosba | cirmosokba |
sublative | cirmosra | cirmosokra |
allative | cirmoshoz | cirmosokhoz |
elative | cirmosból | cirmosokból |
delative | cirmosról | cirmosokról |
ablative | cirmostól | cirmosoktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
cirmosé | cirmosoké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
cirmoséi | cirmosokéi |
Possessive forms of cirmos | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | cirmosom | cirmosaim |
2nd person sing. | cirmosod | cirmosaid |
3rd person sing. | cirmosa | cirmosai |
1st person plural | cirmosunk | cirmosaink |
2nd person plural | cirmosotok | cirmosaitok |
3rd person plural | cirmosuk | cirmosaik |
References
edit- ^ cirmos 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- cirmos 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
- cirmos 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)