bacilus

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Hungarian

Etymology

From New Latin bacillus, from Late Latin bacillum (little rod, wand), diminutive of baculum (stick).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ba‧ci‧lus
  • Rhymes: -uʃ

Noun

bacilus (plural bacilusok)

  1. bacillus (any of various rod-shaped, spore-forming aerobic bacteria in the genus Bacillus)
  2. (colloquial, loosely, proscribed) bacterium, germ
    Synonyms: (childish) baci, kórokozó

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative bacilus bacilusok
accusative bacilust bacilusokat
dative bacilusnak bacilusoknak
instrumental bacilussal bacilusokkal
causal-final bacilusért bacilusokért
translative bacilussá bacilusokká
terminative bacilusig bacilusokig
essive-formal bacilusként bacilusokként
essive-modal
inessive bacilusban bacilusokban
superessive baciluson bacilusokon
adessive bacilusnál bacilusoknál
illative bacilusba bacilusokba
sublative bacilusra bacilusokra
allative bacilushoz bacilusokhoz
elative bacilusból bacilusokból
delative bacilusról bacilusokról
ablative bacilustól bacilusoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
bacilusé bacilusoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
baciluséi bacilusokéi
Possessive forms of bacilus
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. bacilusom bacilusaim
2nd person sing. bacilusod bacilusaid
3rd person sing. bacilusa bacilusai
1st person plural bacilusunk bacilusaink
2nd person plural bacilusotok bacilusaitok
3rd person plural bacilusuk bacilusaik

See also

Further reading

  • bacilus 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
  • bacilus 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).