cérna

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See also: cerna, Cerna, and černá

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Zwirn.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

cérna (plural cérnák)

  1. thread (a long, thin and flexible form of material, generally with a round cross-section, used in sewing, weaving or in the construction of strings)
  2. (with a possessive suffix, chiefly in the negative, colloquial) Synonym of türelem (patience)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative cérna cérnák
accusative cérnát cérnákat
dative cérnának cérnáknak
instrumental cérnával cérnákkal
causal-final cérnáért cérnákért
translative cérnává cérnákká
terminative cérnáig cérnákig
essive-formal cérnaként cérnákként
essive-modal
inessive cérnában cérnákban
superessive cérnán cérnákon
adessive cérnánál cérnáknál
illative cérnába cérnákba
sublative cérnára cérnákra
allative cérnához cérnákhoz
elative cérnából cérnákból
delative cérnáról cérnákról
ablative cérnától cérnáktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
cérnáé cérnáké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
cérnáéi cérnákéi
Possessive forms of cérna
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. cérnám cérnáim
2nd person sing. cérnád cérnáid
3rd person sing. cérnája cérnái
1st person plural cérnánk cérnáink
2nd person plural cérnátok cérnáitok
3rd person plural cérnájuk cérnáik

Derived terms

Compound words

See also

References

  1. ^ cérna 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

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