malac
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
Probably borrowed from Slovene.[1] Compare Slovene mládec (“young man”)[1] (plural mládci, which may be the direct source of the Hungarian form), mladič (“young animal”), and mlad (“young”). Compare also Serbo-Croatian mládac, mlàdīć.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
malac (plural malacok)
- pig, piglet (a young pig)
- (derogatory) pig (a sloppy, dirty, improperly eating child; a foul-mouthed adult)
- (humorous, with a possessive suffix, construed with van (“to have”)) luck
Declension edit
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | malac | malacok |
| accusative | malacot | malacokat |
| dative | malacnak | malacoknak |
| instrumental | malaccal | malacokkal |
| causal-final | malacért | malacokért |
| translative | malaccá | malacokká |
| terminative | malacig | malacokig |
| essive-formal | malacként | malacokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | malacban | malacokban |
| superessive | malacon | malacokon |
| adessive | malacnál | malacoknál |
| illative | malacba | malacokba |
| sublative | malacra | malacokra |
| allative | malachoz | malacokhoz |
| elative | malacból | malacokból |
| delative | malacról | malacokról |
| ablative | malactól | malacoktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
malacé | malacoké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
malacéi | malacokéi |
| Possessive forms of malac | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | malacom | malacaim |
| 2nd person sing. | malacod | malacaid |
| 3rd person sing. | malaca | malacai |
| 1st person plural | malacunk | malacaink |
| 2nd person plural | malacotok | malacaitok |
| 3rd person plural | malacuk | malacaik |
Derived terms edit
Compound words
Expressions
Adjective edit
malac (comparative malacabb, superlative legmalacabb)
- (derogatory, of a child) dirty
- (derogatory) dirty, naughty, obscene, foul-mouthed
- malac történetek ― dirty stories
Declension edit
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | malac | malacok |
| accusative | malacot | malacokat |
| dative | malacnak | malacoknak |
| instrumental | malaccal | malacokkal |
| causal-final | malacért | malacokért |
| translative | malaccá | malacokká |
| terminative | malacig | malacokig |
| essive-formal | malacként | malacokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | malacban | malacokban |
| superessive | malacon | malacokon |
| adessive | malacnál | malacoknál |
| illative | malacba | malacokba |
| sublative | malacra | malacokra |
| allative | malachoz | malacokhoz |
| elative | malacból | malacokból |
| delative | malacról | malacokról |
| ablative | malactól | malacoktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
malacé | malacoké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
malacéi | malacokéi |
References edit
- ^ malac 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
- malac 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
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Bulgarian малак (malak, “water buffalo calf”), from Ottoman Turkish معلق (malak, “water buffalo calf”), from Greek μαλακός (malakós, “soft, gentle”).
Noun edit
malac m (plural malaci)
- water buffalo calf
- big and sluggish man