coboly

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Hungarian

 coboly on Hungarian Wikipedia

Etymology

A wanderword, arrived to Hungarian via Russian соболь (sobolʹ). Compare German Zobel, Medieval Latin sabelum.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

coboly (plural cobolyok)

  1. sable (a small mammal, Martes zibellina)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative coboly cobolyok
accusative cobolyt cobolyokat
dative cobolynak cobolyoknak
instrumental cobollyal cobolyokkal
causal-final cobolyért cobolyokért
translative cobollyá cobolyokká
terminative cobolyig cobolyokig
essive-formal cobolyként cobolyokként
essive-modal
inessive cobolyban cobolyokban
superessive cobolyon cobolyokon
adessive cobolynál cobolyoknál
illative cobolyba cobolyokba
sublative cobolyra cobolyokra
allative cobolyhoz cobolyokhoz
elative cobolyból cobolyokból
delative cobolyról cobolyokról
ablative cobolytól cobolyoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
cobolyé cobolyoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
cobolyéi cobolyokéi
Possessive forms of coboly
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. cobolyom cobolyaim
2nd person sing. cobolyod cobolyaid
3rd person sing. cobolya cobolyai
1st person plural cobolyunk cobolyaink
2nd person plural cobolyotok cobolyaitok
3rd person plural cobolyuk cobolyaik

See also

References

  1. ^ coboly 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

  • coboly 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
  • coboly in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).