arasz
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Hungarian
Alternative forms
- araszt (dialectal, archaic)
Etymology
First attested in c. 1405. Inherited from Proto-Finno-Ugric *sorɜ-śɜ (“span”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
Noun
arasz (plural araszok)
- handspan, span (the distance between the outstretched tips of the little finger and thumb when used as a unit of measurement)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | arasz | araszok |
| accusative | araszt | araszokat |
| dative | arasznak | araszoknak |
| instrumental | arasszal | araszokkal |
| causal-final | araszért | araszokért |
| translative | arasszá | araszokká |
| terminative | araszig | araszokig |
| essive-formal | araszként | araszokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | araszban | araszokban |
| superessive | araszon | araszokon |
| adessive | arasznál | araszoknál |
| illative | araszba | araszokba |
| sublative | araszra | araszokra |
| allative | araszhoz | araszokhoz |
| elative | araszból | araszokból |
| delative | araszról | araszokról |
| ablative | arasztól | araszoktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
araszé | araszoké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
araszéi | araszokéi |
| Possessive forms of arasz | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | araszom | araszaim |
| 2nd person sing. | araszod | araszaid |
| 3rd person sing. | arasza | araszai |
| 1st person plural | araszunk | araszaink |
| 2nd person plural | araszotok | araszaitok |
| 3rd person plural | araszuk | araszaik |
Derived terms
Compound words with this term at the end
References
- ^ arasz in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
- ^ Entry #908 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
Further reading
- arasz 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
- arasz in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).
- arasz in Hungarian–English dictionary at SZTAKI