ceruza
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Hungarian
Alternative forms
- (archaic) cerussza
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cērussa (“white lead”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
ceruza (plural ceruzák)
- pencil (writing utensil with a graphite shaft)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | ceruza | ceruzák |
| accusative | ceruzát | ceruzákat |
| dative | ceruzának | ceruzáknak |
| instrumental | ceruzával | ceruzákkal |
| causal-final | ceruzáért | ceruzákért |
| translative | ceruzává | ceruzákká |
| terminative | ceruzáig | ceruzákig |
| essive-formal | ceruzaként | ceruzákként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | ceruzában | ceruzákban |
| superessive | ceruzán | ceruzákon |
| adessive | ceruzánál | ceruzáknál |
| illative | ceruzába | ceruzákba |
| sublative | ceruzára | ceruzákra |
| allative | ceruzához | ceruzákhoz |
| elative | ceruzából | ceruzákból |
| delative | ceruzáról | ceruzákról |
| ablative | ceruzától | ceruzáktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
ceruzáé | ceruzáké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
ceruzáéi | ceruzákéi |
| Possessive forms of ceruza | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | ceruzám | ceruzáim |
| 2nd person sing. | ceruzád | ceruzáid |
| 3rd person sing. | ceruzája | ceruzái |
| 1st person plural | ceruzánk | ceruzáink |
| 2nd person plural | ceruzátok | ceruzáitok |
| 3rd person plural | ceruzájuk | ceruzáik |
Derived terms
Compound words
Expressions
References
- ^ ceruza 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.)
Further reading
- ceruza 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
- ceruza 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).
Slovak
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Hungarian ceruza (“pencil”), from Latin cērussa (“white lead”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ceruza f (related adjective ceruzový, diminutive ceruzôčka)
- pencil (graphite writing-instrument)
Declension
Declension of ceruza (pattern žena)
Further reading
- “ceruza”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024