-ocska

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See also: ócska

Hungarian

Etymology

From -o- (linking vowel) +‎ -cska (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

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Suffix

-ocska

(diminutive suffix) -let, -ette

Usage notes

(diminutive suffix) Variants:
-cska is added to back-vowel words ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-.
‎falu (“village”) + ‎-cska → ‎falucska (“hamlet, a small village”)

‎Anna (“Ann”) + ‎-cska → ‎Annácska (“little Ann”)

-cske is added to front-vowel words ending in a vowel. Final -e changes to -é-.
‎szellő (“breeze”) + ‎-cske → ‎szellőcske (“a tiny breeze”)

‎mese (“tale, fable”) + ‎-cske → ‎mesécske (“a small fable”)

-ocska is added to some back-vowel words ending in a consonant
‎hullám (“wave”) + ‎-ocska → ‎hullámocska (“wavelet”)

‎szobor (“statue”) + ‎-ocska → ‎szobrocska (“statuette”)

-acska is added to other back-vowel words ending in a consonant
‎nyúl (“rabbit”) + ‎-acska → ‎nyulacska (“bunny”)

‎piros (“red”) + ‎-acska → ‎pirosacska (“slightly red”)

-ecske is added to unrounded (and some rounded) front-vowel words ending in a consonant
‎csepp (“drop”) + ‎-ecske → ‎cseppecske (“droplet”)

‎könyv (“book”) + ‎-ecske → ‎könyvecske (“little book, booklet”)

-öcske is added to most rounded front-vowel words ending in a consonant
‎kör (“circle”) + ‎-öcske → ‎köröcske (“circlet, a small circle”)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	-ocska	-ocskák
accusative	-ocskát	-ocskákat
dative	-ocskának	-ocskáknak
instrumental	-ocskával	-ocskákkal
causal-final	-ocskáért	-ocskákért
translative	-ocskává	-ocskákká
terminative	-ocskáig	-ocskákig
essive-formal	-ocskaként	-ocskákként
essive-modal	-ocskául	-ocskákul
inessive	-ocskában	-ocskákban
superessive	-ocskán	-ocskákon
adessive	-ocskánál	-ocskáknál
illative	-ocskába	-ocskákba
sublative	-ocskára	-ocskákra
allative	-ocskához	-ocskákhoz
elative	-ocskából	-ocskákból
delative	-ocskáról	-ocskákról
ablative	-ocskától	-ocskáktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	-ocskáé	-ocskáké
non-attributive possessive – plural	-ocskáéi	-ocskákéi

Possessive forms of *-ocska*
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	-ocskám	-ocskáim
2nd person sing.	-ocskád	-ocskáid
3rd person sing.	-ocskája	-ocskái
1st person plural	-ocskánk	-ocskáink
2nd person plural	-ocskátok	-ocskáitok
3rd person plural	-ocskájuk	-ocskáik

Derived terms

Hungarian diminutive nouns suffixed with -ocska

See also

Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

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