vacak
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
A semantic split from vacok (“tattered clothes; disorderly lair”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
vacak (comparative vacakabb, superlative legvacakabb)
- trashy, lousy, rotten, worthless, poor
- (of a person) despicable
- Synonyms: hitvány, semmirekellő
- (of an object) stupid, bad (emphasizing disparagement)
Declension edit
| Inflection (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 | 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 edit
Noun edit
vacak (plural vacakok)
Declension edit
| Inflection (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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 edit
References edit
- ^ vacak in Gerstner, Károly (ed.). Új magyar etimológiai szótár. (’New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian’). Beta version. Budapest, MTA Nyelvtudományi Intézet / Magyar Nyelvtudományi Kutatóközpont, 2011–2022. (Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary). Language abbreviations
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