csiga
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Hungarian
Etymology
Uncertain. The root is probably an Old Turkic borrowing, compare Middle Turkish čïγrï (“circle”).
Pronunciation
Noun
csiga (plural csigák)
- snail
- pulley (one of the simple machines)
- (anatomy) cochlea (spirally coiled cavity of the inner ear)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | csiga | csigák |
| accusative | csigát | csigákat |
| dative | csigának | csigáknak |
| instrumental | csigával | csigákkal |
| causal-final | csigáért | csigákért |
| translative | csigává | csigákká |
| terminative | csigáig | csigákig |
| essive-formal | csigaként | csigákként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | csigában | csigákban |
| superessive | csigán | csigákon |
| adessive | csigánál | csigáknál |
| illative | csigába | csigákba |
| sublative | csigára | csigákra |
| allative | csigához | csigákhoz |
| elative | csigából | csigákból |
| delative | csigáról | csigákról |
| ablative | csigától | csigáktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
csigáé | csigáké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
csigáéi | csigákéi |
| Possessive forms of csiga | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | csigám | csigáim |
| 2nd person sing. | csigád | csigáid |
| 3rd person sing. | csigája | csigái |
| 1st person plural | csigánk | csigáink |
| 2nd person plural | csigátok | csigáitok |
| 3rd person plural | csigájuk | csigáik |
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Further reading
- csiga 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
- csiga in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)