folklór

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See also: folklor

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from English folklore.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

folklór

  1. folklore (the tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
  2. folklore, folkloristics (the formal academic study of folklore)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative folklór folklórok
accusative folklórt folklórokat
dative folklórnak folklóroknak
instrumental folklórral folklórokkal
causal-final folklórért folklórokért
translative folklórrá folklórokká
terminative folklórig folklórokig
essive-formal folklórként folklórokként
essive-modal
inessive folklórban folklórokban
superessive folklóron folklórokon
adessive folklórnál folklóroknál
illative folklórba folklórokba
sublative folklórra folklórokra
allative folklórhoz folklórokhoz
elative folklórból folklórokból
delative folklórról folklórokról
ablative folklórtól folklóroktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
folklóré folklóroké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
folklóréi folklórokéi
Possessive forms of folklór
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. folklórom folklórjaim
2nd person sing. folklórod folklórjaid
3rd person sing. folklórja folklórjai
1st person plural folklórunk folklórjaink
2nd person plural folklórotok folklórjaitok
3rd person plural folklórjuk folklórjaik

References

  1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

Further reading

  • folklór 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