Hungarian

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Etymology

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From Latin vōx (voice, utterance).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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voks (plural voksok)

  1. vote
    Synonym: szavazat

Declension

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Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative voks voksok
accusative voksot voksokat
dative voksnak voksoknak
instrumental vokssal voksokkal
causal-final voksért voksokért
translative vokssá voksokká
terminative voksig voksokig
essive-formal voksként voksokként
essive-modal
inessive voksban voksokban
superessive vokson voksokon
adessive voksnál voksoknál
illative voksba voksokba
sublative voksra voksokra
allative vokshoz voksokhoz
elative voksból voksokból
delative voksról voksokról
ablative vokstól voksoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
voksé voksoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
vokséi voksokéi
Possessive forms of voks
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. voksom voksaim
2nd person sing. voksod voksaid
3rd person sing. voksa voksai
1st person plural voksunk voksaink
2nd person plural voksotok voksaitok
3rd person plural voksuk voksaik

Derived terms

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Expressions

References

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  1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

Further reading

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  • voks 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

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Danish voks, from Old Danish wax, wox, from Old Norse vax, from Proto-Germanic *wahsą.

Noun

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voks m (definite singular voksen, uncountable)

  1. wax

Usage notes

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  • Prior to a 2019 revision, this noun was also considered grammatically neuter.[1] With this change, definite singular vokset was made non-standard.

Derived terms

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Verb

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voks

  1. imperative of vokse

References

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  1. ^ Language Council of Norway, Spelling decisions since 2012 (in Norwegian, retrieved 12.21.20)

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse vax n, from Proto-Germanic *wahsą.

Noun

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voks m (definite singular voksen, uncountable)

  1. wax

Usage notes

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  • Prior to a 2019 revision, this noun was also considered grammatically neuter.[1] With this change, definite singular vokset was made non-standard.

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Language Council of Norway, Spelling decisions since 2012 (in Norwegian, retrieved 12.21.20)