bodza

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Pronunciation

Noun

bódza class 5 (plural mabódza class 6)

  1. lie
  2. (in the plural) gossip

See also

Hungarian

 bodza on Hungarian Wikipedia

Etymology

Borrowed from a Slavic language, from Proto-Slavic *bъzъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):  (phonetic respelling: boddza)
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: bo‧dza
  • Rhymes: -d͡zɒ

Noun

bodza (plural bodzák)

  1. elder (Sambucus)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative bodza bodzák
accusative bodzát bodzákat
dative bodzának bodzáknak
instrumental bodzával bodzákkal
causal-final bodzáért bodzákért
translative bodzává bodzákká
terminative bodzáig bodzákig
essive-formal bodzaként bodzákként
essive-modal
inessive bodzában bodzákban
superessive bodzán bodzákon
adessive bodzánál bodzáknál
illative bodzába bodzákba
sublative bodzára bodzákra
allative bodzához bodzákhoz
elative bodzából bodzákból
delative bodzáról bodzákról
ablative bodzától bodzáktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
bodzáé bodzáké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
bodzáéi bodzákéi
Possessive forms of bodza
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. bodzám bodzáim
2nd person sing. bodzád bodzáid
3rd person sing. bodzája bodzái
1st person plural bodzánk bodzáink
2nd person plural bodzátok bodzáitok
3rd person plural bodzájuk bodzáik

Further reading

  • bodza 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
  • bodza 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).