Hungarian edit

 
colstok

Etymology edit

Borrowed from German Zollstock (rule, folding rule), from Zoll (inch) + Stock (stick, staff). First attested in 1833.[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡solʃtok]
  • Hyphenation: col‧stok
  • Rhymes: -ok

Noun edit

colstok (plural colstokok)

  1. folding rule

Declension edit

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative colstok colstokok
accusative colstokot colstokokat
dative colstoknak colstokoknak
instrumental colstokkal colstokokkal
causal-final colstokért colstokokért
translative colstokká colstokokká
terminative colstokig colstokokig
essive-formal colstokként colstokokként
essive-modal
inessive colstokban colstokokban
superessive colstokon colstokokon
adessive colstoknál colstokoknál
illative colstokba colstokokba
sublative colstokra colstokokra
allative colstokhoz colstokokhoz
elative colstokból colstokokból
delative colstokról colstokokról
ablative colstoktól colstokoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
colstoké colstokoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
colstokéi colstokokéi
Possessive forms of colstok
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. colstokom colstokjaim
2nd person sing. colstokod colstokjaid
3rd person sing. colstokja colstokjai
1st person plural colstokunk colstokjaink
2nd person plural colstokotok colstokjaitok
3rd person plural colstokjuk colstokjaik

References edit

  1. ^ colstok 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

  • colstok 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
  • colstok 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)