Hungarian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

For the stem-final alternation between -aj and -éj (sometimes as well), compare ganéj, karéj, paraj, and héj with their folksy or dialectal variants. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈtɒrɒj]
  • Hyphenation: ta‧raj
  • Rhymes: -ɒj

Noun edit

taraj (plural tarajok)

  1. comb, crest (of a bird)
  2. (construction) ridge, crest

Declension edit

Inflection of taraj
singular plural
nominative taraj tarajok
accusative tarajt
tarajat
tarajokat
dative tarajnak tarajoknak
instrumental tarajjal tarajokkal
causal-final tarajért tarajokért
translative tarajjá tarajokká
terminative tarajig tarajokig
essive-formal tarajként tarajokként
essive-modal
inessive tarajban tarajokban
superessive tarajon tarajokon
adessive tarajnál tarajoknál
illative tarajba tarajokba
sublative tarajra tarajokra
allative tarajhoz tarajokhoz
elative tarajból tarajokból
delative tarajról tarajokról
ablative tarajtól tarajoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
tarajé tarajoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
tarajéi tarajokéi
Possessive forms of taraj
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. tarajom tarajaim
2nd person sing. tarajod tarajaid
3rd person sing. taraja tarajai
1st person plural tarajunk tarajaink
2nd person plural tarajotok tarajaitok
3rd person plural tarajuk tarajaik

Derived terms edit

Compound words
Expressions

Further reading edit

  • taraj 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