árok

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Hungarian

Etymology

From a Turkic language. Compare Turkish arık (irrigation ditch),(tr) Uyghur ئېرىق (ëriq), and Kyrgyz арык (arık).(ky) As a wanderword, its cognates occur in other languages, such as Persian (arīq), Adyghe арыкъ (arəq), and Russian арык (aryk).(ru).

Pronunciation

Noun

árok (plural árkok)

  1. ditch, trench

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative árok árkok
accusative árkot árkokat
dative ároknak árkoknak
instrumental árokkal árkokkal
causal-final árokért árkokért
translative árokká árkokká
terminative árokig árkokig
essive-formal árokként árkokként
essive-modal
inessive árokban árkokban
superessive árkon árkokon
adessive ároknál árkoknál
illative árokba árkokba
sublative árokra árkokra
allative árokhoz árkokhoz
elative árokból árkokból
delative árokról árkokról
ablative ároktól árkoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
ároké árkoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
árokéi árkokéi
Possessive forms of árok
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. árkom árkaim
2nd person sing. árkod árkaid
3rd person sing. árka árkai
1st person plural árkunk árkaink
2nd person plural árkotok árkaitok
3rd person plural árkuk árkaik

Derived terms

Compound words with this term at the beginning
Compound words with this term at the end
Compound words: toponyms

See also

Further reading

  • árok 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
  • árok in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)