fóka
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Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin phōca, from Ancient Greek φώκη (phṓkē). First attested in 1702.[1][2]
Pronunciation
Noun
fóka (plural fókák)
- seal (marine animal)
- 1862, Imre Madách, translated by George Szirtes , Az ember tragédiája (The Tragedy of Man):
- Csak egy-egy fóka ver zajt, vízbe bukva, Amint felretten lépteink zaján.
- And only a seal or two disturbs the silence, / Diving beneath the waves when startled by / Our steps
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | fóka | fókák |
| accusative | fókát | fókákat |
| dative | fókának | fókáknak |
| instrumental | fókával | fókákkal |
| causal-final | fókáért | fókákért |
| translative | fókává | fókákká |
| terminative | fókáig | fókákig |
| essive-formal | fókaként | fókákként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | fókában | fókákban |
| superessive | fókán | fókákon |
| adessive | fókánál | fókáknál |
| illative | fókába | fókákba |
| sublative | fókára | fókákra |
| allative | fókához | fókákhoz |
| elative | fókából | fókákból |
| delative | fókáról | fókákról |
| ablative | fókától | fókáktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
fókáé | fókáké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
fókáéi | fókákéi |
| Possessive forms of fóka | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | fókám | fókáim |
| 2nd person sing. | fókád | fókáid |
| 3rd person sing. | fókája | fókái |
| 1st person plural | fókánk | fókáink |
| 2nd person plural | fókátok | fókáitok |
| 3rd person plural | fókájuk | fókáik |
Derived terms
Compound words
References
- ^ fóka in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.
- ^ fóka 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
- fóka 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
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Noun
fóka