gömböc
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gömböc (geometry)
English
Etymology
From Hungarian gömböc (“short, plump person; gömböc”).
Pronunciation
Noun
gömböc
- (geometry) A convex shape which, if made of a uniformly dense material, has one stable equilibrium orientation and one unstable equilibrium orientation.
Usage notes
- The English pronunciation of this word is in fact close to another Hungarian word, gombok, plural of gomb "button".
Alternative forms
Translations
convex shape
Hungarian
Etymology
From gömb (“sphere”) + -ö- + -c (diminutive suffix). The front-vowel pair of the noun gombóc (“dumpling, ball”).
Pronunciation
Noun
gömböc (plural gömböcök)
- (humorous) a short, plump person
- pork cheese, head cheese, brawn
- (geometry) gömböc (a homogenous body with only one stable and one unstable point of equilibrium)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | gömböc | gömböcök |
| accusative | gömböcöt | gömböcöket |
| dative | gömböcnek | gömböcöknek |
| instrumental | gömböccel | gömböcökkel |
| causal-final | gömböcért | gömböcökért |
| translative | gömböccé | gömböcökké |
| terminative | gömböcig | gömböcökig |
| essive-formal | gömböcként | gömböcökként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | gömböcben | gömböcökben |
| superessive | gömböcön | gömböcökön |
| adessive | gömböcnél | gömböcöknél |
| illative | gömböcbe | gömböcökbe |
| sublative | gömböcre | gömböcökre |
| allative | gömböchöz | gömböcökhöz |
| elative | gömböcből | gömböcökből |
| delative | gömböcről | gömböcökről |
| ablative | gömböctől | gömböcöktől |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
gömböcé | gömböcöké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
gömböcéi | gömböcökéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | gömböcöm | gömböceim |
| 2nd person sing. | gömböcöd | gömböceid |
| 3rd person sing. | gömböce | gömböcei |
| 1st person plural | gömböcünk | gömböceink |
| 2nd person plural | gömböcötök | gömböceitek |
| 3rd person plural | gömböcük | gömböceik |
References
- ^ gömböc 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
- gömböc in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.