pofon
See also: pöfön
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
First attested in 1636. Lexicalization of pofa (“face”) + -on (case suffix), literally “on the face”.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
pofon (not comparable)
- (with verbs expressing slapping) in the face
Derived terms edit
Compound words
Noun edit
pofon (plural pofonok)
- slap in the face
- Synonyms: arculütés, arculcsapás, tasli
Declension edit
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | pofon | pofonok |
| accusative | pofont | pofonokat |
| dative | pofonnak | pofonoknak |
| instrumental | pofonnal | pofonokkal |
| causal-final | pofonért | pofonokért |
| translative | pofonná | pofonokká |
| terminative | pofonig | pofonokig |
| essive-formal | pofonként | pofonokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | pofonban | pofonokban |
| superessive | pofonon | pofonokon |
| adessive | pofonnál | pofonoknál |
| illative | pofonba | pofonokba |
| sublative | pofonra | pofonokra |
| allative | pofonhoz | pofonokhoz |
| elative | pofonból | pofonokból |
| delative | pofonról | pofonokról |
| ablative | pofontól | pofonoktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
pofoné | pofonoké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
pofonéi | pofonokéi |
| Possessive forms of pofon | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | pofonom | pofonjaim |
| 2nd person sing. | pofonod | pofonjaid |
| 3rd person sing. | pofonja | pofonjai |
| 1st person plural | pofonunk | pofonjaink |
| 2nd person plural | pofonotok | pofonjaitok |
| 3rd person plural | pofonjuk | pofonjaik |
Derived terms edit
Compound words
Expressions
Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ pofon 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
- pofon 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