homok

Coastal Kadazan

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *lemek (“soft”).

Adjective

homok

1. soft, muddy

Hungarian

Etymology

A very old borrowing from a Turkic language, compare Southern Altai кумак (kumak, “qumaq”), Yakut кумах (kumaq, “sand”), from Proto-Turkic *kum (“sand”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhomok]

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• Hyphenation: ho‧mok
• Rhymes: -ok

Noun

homok (plural homokok)

1. sand (rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt, forming beaches and deserts and also used in construction)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	homok	homokok
accusative	homokot	homokokat
dative	homoknak	homokoknak
instrumental	homokkal	homokokkal
causal-final	homokért	homokokért
translative	homokká	homokokká
terminative	homokig	homokokig
essive-formal	homokként	homokokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	homokban	homokokban
superessive	homokon	homokokon
adessive	homoknál	homokoknál
illative	homokba	homokokba
sublative	homokra	homokokra
allative	homokhoz	homokokhoz
elative	homokból	homokokból
delative	homokról	homokokról
ablative	homoktól	homokoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	homoké	homokoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	homokéi	homokokéi

Possessive forms of homok
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	homokom	homokjaim
2nd person sing.	homokod	homokjaid
3rd person sing.	homokja	homokjai
1st person plural	homokunk	homokjaink
2nd person plural	homokotok	homokjaitok
3rd person plural	homokjuk	homokjaik

Derived terms

• homokos
• homokozó

 

Compound words

• homokdűne
• homokkő
• homokóra
• homokszem
• homokvár
• homokvihar
• homokzsák

 

Expressions

• homokba dugja a fejét

 

Further reading

• homok 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