cirmos

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Hungarian

Etymology

From an otherwise unattested base word + -os (adjective-forming suffix). Earlier it was also used for wolves, sheep or goats, but today it is used mainly for cats.[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

cirmos (comparative cirmosabb, superlative legcirmosabb)

  1. brindled (of a gray color with brown streaks or spots; used for cats, poultry, dogs)
  2. (rare) ash-grey
  3. (rare, folksy) dirty-faced, filthy, sooty (of a child)
  4. (dialectal, of plants) striped
    cirmos almastriped apple

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative cirmos cirmosak
accusative cirmosat cirmosakat
dative cirmosnak cirmosaknak
instrumental cirmossal cirmosakkal
causal-final cirmosért cirmosakért
translative cirmossá cirmosakká
terminative cirmosig cirmosakig
essive-formal cirmosként cirmosakként
essive-modal
inessive cirmosban cirmosakban
superessive cirmoson cirmosakon
adessive cirmosnál cirmosaknál
illative cirmosba cirmosakba
sublative cirmosra cirmosakra
allative cirmoshoz cirmosakhoz
elative cirmosból cirmosakból
delative cirmosról cirmosakról
ablative cirmostól cirmosaktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
cirmosé cirmosaké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
cirmoséi cirmosakéi

Noun

cirmos (plural cirmosok)

  1. tabby (tabby cat)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative cirmos cirmosok
accusative cirmost cirmosokat
dative cirmosnak cirmosoknak
instrumental cirmossal cirmosokkal
causal-final cirmosért cirmosokért
translative cirmossá cirmosokká
terminative cirmosig cirmosokig
essive-formal cirmosként cirmosokként
essive-modal
inessive cirmosban cirmosokban
superessive cirmoson cirmosokon
adessive cirmosnál cirmosoknál
illative cirmosba cirmosokba
sublative cirmosra cirmosokra
allative cirmoshoz cirmosokhoz
elative cirmosból cirmosokból
delative cirmosról cirmosokról
ablative cirmostól cirmosoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
cirmosé cirmosoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
cirmoséi cirmosokéi
Possessive forms of cirmos
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. cirmosom cirmosaim
2nd person sing. cirmosod cirmosaid
3rd person sing. cirmosa cirmosai
1st person plural cirmosunk cirmosaink
2nd person plural cirmosotok cirmosaitok
3rd person plural cirmosuk cirmosaik

References

  1. ^ cirmos 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

  • cirmos 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
  • cirmos 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).