Hungarian

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 Copf stílus on Hungarian Wikipedia

Etymology

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Borrowing from German Zopf (pigtail).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡sopf]
  • Hyphenation: copf
  • Rhymes: -opf

Noun

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copf (countable and uncountable, plural copfok)

  1. pigtail, braid, plait (any long bundle of hair, braided or not)
    Synonym: hajfonat
    Coordinate terms: lófarok, konty
  2. (art) late Baroque (a style chiefly in architecture and the applied arts)
    Synonym: copf stílus

Declension

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Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative copf copfok
accusative copfot copfokat
dative copfnak copfoknak
instrumental copffal copfokkal
causal-final copfért copfokért
translative copffá copfokká
terminative copfig copfokig
essive-formal copfként copfokként
essive-modal
inessive copfban copfokban
superessive copfon copfokon
adessive copfnál copfoknál
illative copfba copfokba
sublative copfra copfokra
allative copfhoz copfokhoz
elative copfból copfokból
delative copfról copfokról
ablative copftól copfoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
copfé copfoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
copféi copfokéi
Possessive forms of copf
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. copfom copfjaim
2nd person sing. copfod copfjaid
3rd person sing. copfja copfjai
1st person plural copfunk copfjaink
2nd person plural copfotok copfjaitok
3rd person plural copfjuk copfjaik

Further reading

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  • copf 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
  • copf in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).