vacak
Hungarian
editEtymology
editA semantic split from vacok (“tattered clothes; disorderly lair”).[1]
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editvacak (comparative vacakabb, superlative legvacakabb)
- trashy, lousy, rotten, worthless, poor
- (of a person) despicable
- Synonyms: hitvány, semmirekellő
- (of an object) stupid, bad (emphasizing disparagement)
Declension
editInflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | vacak | vacakok |
accusative | vacakot | vacakokat |
dative | vacaknak | vacakoknak |
instrumental | vacakkal | vacakokkal |
causal-final | vacakért | vacakokért |
translative | vacakká | vacakokká |
terminative | vacakig | vacakokig |
essive-formal | vacakként | vacakokként |
essive-modal | vacakul | — |
inessive | vacakban | vacakokban |
superessive | vacakon | vacakokon |
adessive | vacaknál | vacakoknál |
illative | vacakba | vacakokba |
sublative | vacakra | vacakokra |
allative | vacakhoz | vacakokhoz |
elative | vacakból | vacakokból |
delative | vacakról | vacakokról |
ablative | vacaktól | vacakoktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
vacaké | vacakoké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
vacakéi | vacakokéi |
Derived terms
editNoun
editvacak (plural vacakok)
Declension
editInflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
---|---|---|
singular | plural | |
nominative | vacak | vacakok |
accusative | vacakot | vacakokat |
dative | vacaknak | vacakoknak |
instrumental | vacakkal | vacakokkal |
causal-final | vacakért | vacakokért |
translative | vacakká | vacakokká |
terminative | vacakig | vacakokig |
essive-formal | vacakként | vacakokként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | vacakban | vacakokban |
superessive | vacakon | vacakokon |
adessive | vacaknál | vacakoknál |
illative | vacakba | vacakokba |
sublative | vacakra | vacakokra |
allative | vacakhoz | vacakokhoz |
elative | vacakból | vacakokból |
delative | vacakról | vacakokról |
ablative | vacaktól | vacakoktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
vacaké | vacakoké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
vacakéi | vacakokéi |
Possessive forms of vacak | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | vacakom | vacakjaim |
2nd person sing. | vacakod | vacakjaid |
3rd person sing. | vacakja | vacakjai |
1st person plural | vacakunk | vacakjaink |
2nd person plural | vacakotok | vacakjaitok |
3rd person plural | vacakjuk | vacakjaik |
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- ^ vacak in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.
Further reading
edit- vacak 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