cégér
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Arany Sas Gyógyszertár (Golden Eagle Pharmacy), Budapest, Hungary
Hungarian
Etymology
First attested in 1470. From German Zeiger, more specifically from Middle High German zeger.[1][2]
Pronunciation
Noun
cégér (plural cégérek)
- (chiefly historical) cantilever sign, shop sign, nameplate, signboard (for a shop, inn, etc., designating the trade or line like a coat of arms)
- Coordinate term: (artisans’ coat of arms) kézművescímer
- (archaic) scoundrel, rogue (a person who causes a public scandal and has a bad name)
- 1923, Mihály Babits, Kártyavár (“House of Cards”):
- De hogy a világ cégére leszek én is, teelőtted restellem.
- But myself, too, becoming a scoundrel of the world—I’m ashamed of it before you.
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | cégér | cégérek |
| accusative | cégért | cégéreket |
| dative | cégérnek | cégéreknek |
| instrumental | cégérrel | cégérekkel |
| causal-final | cégérért | cégérekért |
| translative | cégérré | cégérekké |
| terminative | cégérig | cégérekig |
| essive-formal | cégérként | cégérekként |
| essive-modal | cégérül | — |
| inessive | cégérben | cégérekben |
| superessive | cégéren | cégéreken |
| adessive | cégérnél | cégéreknél |
| illative | cégérbe | cégérekbe |
| sublative | cégérre | cégérekre |
| allative | cégérhez | cégérekhez |
| elative | cégérből | cégérekből |
| delative | cégérről | cégérekről |
| ablative | cégértől | cégérektől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
cégéré | cégéreké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
cégéréi | cégérekéi |
| Possessive forms of cégér | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | cégérem | cégéreim |
| 2nd person sing. | cégéred | cégéreid |
| 3rd person sing. | cégére | cégérei |
| 1st person plural | cégérünk | cégéreink |
| 2nd person plural | cégéretek | cégéreitek |
| 3rd person plural | cégérük | cégéreik |
Derived terms
- cégéres
- jó bornak nem kell cégér (“good wine needs no bush”)
References
- ^ cégér in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN
- ^ cégér 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
- cégér 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
- cégér 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).