kolonc
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
First attested in 1792. From German Klotz.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kolonc (plural koloncok)
- dead weight (a large piece of stone or iron placed as a ballast at the other end of the suspended long pole of a shadoof)
- Synonym: nehezék
- drag (a larger piece of wood hanging around the neck of a dog or cattle to hinder the animal in running)
- (informal, of a person or thing) drag, burden, hindrance, nuisance, dead weight, obstacle
Declension edit
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | kolonc | koloncok |
| accusative | koloncot | koloncokat |
| dative | koloncnak | koloncoknak |
| instrumental | kolonccal | koloncokkal |
| causal-final | koloncért | koloncokért |
| translative | kolonccá | koloncokká |
| terminative | koloncig | koloncokig |
| essive-formal | koloncként | koloncokként |
| essive-modal | koloncul | — |
| inessive | koloncban | koloncokban |
| superessive | koloncon | koloncokon |
| adessive | koloncnál | koloncoknál |
| illative | koloncba | koloncokba |
| sublative | koloncra | koloncokra |
| allative | kolonchoz | koloncokhoz |
| elative | koloncból | koloncokból |
| delative | koloncról | koloncokról |
| ablative | kolonctól | koloncoktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
koloncé | koloncoké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
koloncéi | koloncokéi |
| Possessive forms of kolonc | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | koloncom | koloncaim |
| 2nd person sing. | koloncod | koloncaid |
| 3rd person sing. | kolonca | koloncai |
| 1st person plural | koloncunk | koloncaink |
| 2nd person plural | koloncotok | koloncaitok |
| 3rd person plural | koloncuk | koloncaik |
Derived terms edit
Expressions
References edit
- ^ kolonc 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
- kolonc 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