First attested in 1853. Back-formation from cégér (“shop sign”). For the back-formation, compare gyök from gyökér. Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries. The reason for its creation may have been the fact that in the 19th century, industrial and commercial companies were formed from numerous workshops and manufactories marked with shop signs.[1]
cég (plural cégek)
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | cég | cégek |
| accusative | céget | cégeket |
| dative | cégnek | cégeknek |
| instrumental | céggel | cégekkel |
| causal-final | cégért | cégekért |
| translative | céggé | cégekké |
| terminative | cégig | cégekig |
| essive-formal | cégként | cégekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | cégben | cégekben |
| superessive | cégen | cégeken |
| adessive | cégnél | cégeknél |
| illative | cégbe | cégekbe |
| sublative | cégre | cégekre |
| allative | céghez | cégekhez |
| elative | cégből | cégekből |
| delative | cégről | cégekről |
| ablative | cégtől | cégektől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
cégé | cégeké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
cégéi | cégekéi |
| Possessive forms of cég | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | cégem | cégeim |
| 2nd person sing. | céged | cégeid |
| 3rd person sing. | cége | cégei |
| 1st person plural | cégünk | cégeink |
| 2nd person plural | cégetek | cégeitek |
| 3rd person plural | cégük | cégeik |