Hungarian

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Etymology

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First attested in 1521. Borrowed from a Slavic language, probably Serbo-Croatian. Compare Serbo-Croatian kotlina.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈkɒtlɒn]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: kat‧lan
  • Rhymes: -ɒn

Noun

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katlan (plural katlanok)

  1. cauldron
  2. deep valley

Declension

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Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative katlan katlanok
accusative katlant katlanokat
dative katlannak katlanoknak
instrumental katlannal katlanokkal
causal-final katlanért katlanokért
translative katlanná katlanokká
terminative katlanig katlanokig
essive-formal katlanként katlanokként
essive-modal
inessive katlanban katlanokban
superessive katlanon katlanokon
adessive katlannál katlanoknál
illative katlanba katlanokba
sublative katlanra katlanokra
allative katlanhoz katlanokhoz
elative katlanból katlanokból
delative katlanról katlanokról
ablative katlantól katlanoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
katlané katlanoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
katlanéi katlanokéi
Possessive forms of katlan
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. katlanom katlanjaim
2nd person sing. katlanod katlanjaid
3rd person sing. katlanja katlanjai
1st person plural katlanunk katlanjaink
2nd person plural katlanotok katlanjaitok
3rd person plural katlanjuk katlanjaik

References

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  1. ^ katlan 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

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  • katlan 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