elefántfóka
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Hungarian
Etymology
From elefánt (“elephant”) + fóka (“seal”).
Pronunciation
Noun
elefántfóka (plural elefántfókák)
- elephant seal (a large marine mammal of the genus Mirounga)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | elefántfóka | elefántfókák |
| accusative | elefántfókát | elefántfókákat |
| dative | elefántfókának | elefántfókáknak |
| instrumental | elefántfókával | elefántfókákkal |
| causal-final | elefántfókáért | elefántfókákért |
| translative | elefántfókává | elefántfókákká |
| terminative | elefántfókáig | elefántfókákig |
| essive-formal | elefántfókaként | elefántfókákként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | elefántfókában | elefántfókákban |
| superessive | elefántfókán | elefántfókákon |
| adessive | elefántfókánál | elefántfókáknál |
| illative | elefántfókába | elefántfókákba |
| sublative | elefántfókára | elefántfókákra |
| allative | elefántfókához | elefántfókákhoz |
| elative | elefántfókából | elefántfókákból |
| delative | elefántfókáról | elefántfókákról |
| ablative | elefántfókától | elefántfókáktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
elefántfókáé | elefántfókáké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
elefántfókáéi | elefántfókákéi |
| Possessive forms of elefántfóka | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | elefántfókám | elefántfókáim |
| 2nd person sing. | elefántfókád | elefántfókáid |
| 3rd person sing. | elefántfókája | elefántfókái |
| 1st person plural | elefántfókánk | elefántfókáink |
| 2nd person plural | elefántfókátok | elefántfókáitok |
| 3rd person plural | elefántfókájuk | elefántfókáik |
Derived terms
Further reading
- elefántfóka 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).