cékla

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See also: čekla and čeklā

Hungarian

 cékla on Hungarian Wikipedia
cékla

Etymology

Borrowed from a Slavic language, perhaps from South Slavic, from Ancient Greek σεῦκλον (seûklon). Compare Serbo-Croatian cvekla or Slovak cvikla.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

cékla (plural céklák)

  1. red beet (Beta vulgaris)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative cékla céklák
accusative céklát céklákat
dative céklának cékláknak
instrumental céklával céklákkal
causal-final cékláért céklákért
translative céklává céklákká
terminative cékláig céklákig
essive-formal céklaként céklákként
essive-modal
inessive céklában céklákban
superessive céklán céklákon
adessive céklánál cékláknál
illative céklába céklákba
sublative céklára céklákra
allative céklához céklákhoz
elative céklából céklákból
delative cékláról céklákról
ablative céklától cékláktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
cékláé cékláké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
cékláéi céklákéi
Possessive forms of cékla
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. céklám cékláim
2nd person sing. céklád cékláid
3rd person sing. céklája céklái
1st person plural céklánk cékláink
2nd person plural céklátok cékláitok
3rd person plural céklájuk cékláik

Derived terms

Compound words

References

  1. ^ cékla in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.

Further reading

  • cékla 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
  • cékla 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).