cimpa

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Hungarian

Etymology

Of unknown origin.[1] First attested in 1288. Probably related too cimpora (“nosewing”), cembő (“pendant (dialectal)”), cimpók (“tip of the nose”), csembő, csömbő (“nosewing; ear lobe”).[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

cimpa (plural cimpák)

  1. any of certain winglike cartilaginous or flashy portions of human or animal body parts, especially:
    1. ear lobe
      Synonym: fülcimpa
    2. nosewing
      Synonym: orrcimpa
      • 1987, “Első könyv. A lyukas lepedő”, in Salman Rushdie, translated by Mihály Falvay, Az éjfél gyermekei, Budapest: Európa Könyvkiadó, →ISBN, page 16; translation of Midnight's Children, London: Jonathan Cape, 1981:
        A nagyapám orra: öblös cimpák, hajlékonyak, mint a táncosok. Közöttük tornyosul az orr diadalmas íve, elébb fölfelé görbülve, aztán le és visszafelé, a felső ajkához, egy lendületes és – pillanatnyilag – vörös hegyű kanyarral.

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative cimpa cimpák
accusative cimpát cimpákat
dative cimpának cimpáknak
instrumental cimpával cimpákkal
causal-final cimpáért cimpákért
translative cimpává cimpákká
terminative cimpáig cimpákig
essive-formal cimpaként cimpákként
essive-modal — —
inessive cimpában cimpákban
superessive cimpán cimpákon
adessive cimpánál cimpáknál
illative cimpába cimpákba
sublative cimpára cimpákra
allative cimpához cimpákhoz
elative cimpából cimpákból
delative cimpáról cimpákról
ablative cimpától cimpáktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		cimpáé cimpáké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		cimpáéi cimpákéi
Possessive forms of cimpa
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. cimpám cimpáim
2nd person sing. cimpád cimpáid
3rd person sing. cimpája cimpái
1st person plural cimpánk cimpáink
2nd person plural cimpátok cimpáitok
3rd person plural cimpájuk cimpáik

Derived terms

Compound words

References

  1. ^ cimpa 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.)
  2. ^ cimpa 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

  • cimpa 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
  • cimpa 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).
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