farsang

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English

Etymology

From Persian فرسنگ (farsang). Doublet of parasang.

Noun

farsang (plural farsangs)

  1. (now historical) A Persian measure of distance, equivalent to about four miles.
    • 1638, Thomas Herbert, Some Yeares Travels, section II:
      That dayes journey was foure farsangs.

Anagrams

Hungarian

Etymology

From German Fasching.

Pronunciation

Noun

farsang (plural farsangok)

  1. carnival (festive season that occurs before the liturgical season of Lent)
    Meronym: (parade) karnivál

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative farsang farsangok
accusative farsangot farsangokat
dative farsangnak farsangoknak
instrumental farsanggal farsangokkal
causal-final farsangért farsangokért
translative farsanggá farsangokká
terminative farsangig farsangokig
essive-formal farsangként farsangokként
essive-modal — —
inessive farsangban farsangokban
superessive farsangon farsangokon
adessive farsangnál farsangoknál
illative farsangba farsangokba
sublative farsangra farsangokra
allative farsanghoz farsangokhoz
elative farsangból farsangokból
delative farsangról farsangokról
ablative farsangtól farsangoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		farsangé farsangoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		farsangéi farsangokéi
Possessive forms of farsang
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. farsangom farsangjaim
2nd person sing. farsangod farsangjaid
3rd person sing. farsangja farsangjai
1st person plural farsangunk farsangjaink
2nd person plural farsangotok farsangjaitok
3rd person plural farsangjuk farsangjaik

Further reading

  • farsang 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
  • farsang 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).
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