colstok
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colstok
Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowed from German Zollstock (“rule, folding rule”), from Zoll (“inch”) + Stock (“stick, staff”). First attested in 1833.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
colstok (plural colstokok)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | colstok | colstokok |
| accusative | colstokot | colstokokat |
| dative | colstoknak | colstokoknak |
| instrumental | colstokkal | colstokokkal |
| causal-final | colstokért | colstokokért |
| translative | colstokká | colstokokká |
| terminative | colstokig | colstokokig |
| essive-formal | colstokként | colstokokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | colstokban | colstokokban |
| superessive | colstokon | colstokokon |
| adessive | colstoknál | colstokoknál |
| illative | colstokba | colstokokba |
| sublative | colstokra | colstokokra |
| allative | colstokhoz | colstokokhoz |
| elative | colstokból | colstokokból |
| delative | colstokról | colstokokról |
| ablative | colstoktól | colstokoktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
colstoké | colstokoké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
colstokéi | colstokokéi |
| Possessive forms of colstok | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | colstokom | colstokjaim |
| 2nd person sing. | colstokod | colstokjaid |
| 3rd person sing. | colstokja | colstokjai |
| 1st person plural | colstokunk | colstokjaink |
| 2nd person plural | colstokotok | colstokjaitok |
| 3rd person plural | colstokjuk | colstokjaik |
References
- ^ colstok 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
- colstok 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
- colstok 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).