farkas

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Hungarian

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farkas

Etymology

From farok (tail) +‎ -as (having), originally an ellipsis of farkas állat (animal with a tail).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: far‧kas
  • Rhymes: -ɒʃ

Noun

farkas (plural farkasok)

  1. wolf

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative farkas farkasok
accusative farkast farkasokat
dative farkasnak farkasoknak
instrumental farkassal farkasokkal
causal-final farkasért farkasokért
translative farkassá farkasokká
terminative farkasig farkasokig
essive-formal farkasként farkasokként
essive-modal
inessive farkasban farkasokban
superessive farkason farkasokon
adessive farkasnál farkasoknál
illative farkasba farkasokba
sublative farkasra farkasokra
allative farkashoz farkasokhoz
elative farkasból farkasokból
delative farkasról farkasokról
ablative farkastól farkasoktól
non-attributive
possessive – singular
farkasé farkasoké
non-attributive
possessive – plural
farkaséi farkasokéi
Possessive forms of farkas
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. farkasom farkasaim
2nd person sing. farkasod farkasaid
3rd person sing. farkasa farkasai
1st person plural farkasunk farkasaink
2nd person plural farkasotok farkasaitok
3rd person plural farkasuk farkasaik

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References

  1. ^ farkas 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.

Further reading

  • farkas 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
  • farkas 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).