gúla
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Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian.
Pronunciation
Noun
gúla (plural gúlák)
- (geometry) pyramid (a solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal - often square or rectangular - base)
- stack, pile, pyramid (a pyramid-like formation of objects stacked on each other)
- (archaic) pyramid (an ancient massive construction with a square or rectangular base and four triangular sides meeting in an apex, such as those built as tombs in Egypt)
- Synonym: piramis
- (sports) human pyramid (an acrobatic formation of people)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | gúla | gúlák |
| accusative | gúlát | gúlákat |
| dative | gúlának | gúláknak |
| instrumental | gúlával | gúlákkal |
| causal-final | gúláért | gúlákért |
| translative | gúlává | gúlákká |
| terminative | gúláig | gúlákig |
| essive-formal | gúlaként | gúlákként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | gúlában | gúlákban |
| superessive | gúlán | gúlákon |
| adessive | gúlánál | gúláknál |
| illative | gúlába | gúlákba |
| sublative | gúlára | gúlákra |
| allative | gúlához | gúlákhoz |
| elative | gúlából | gúlákból |
| delative | gúláról | gúlákról |
| ablative | gúlától | gúláktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
gúláé | gúláké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
gúláéi | gúlákéi |
| Possessive forms of gúla | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | gúlám | gúláim |
| 2nd person sing. | gúlád | gúláid |
| 3rd person sing. | gúlája | gúlái |
| 1st person plural | gúlánk | gúláink |
| 2nd person plural | gúlátok | gúláitok |
| 3rd person plural | gúlájuk | gúláik |
References
- ^ Eőry, Vilma. Értelmező szótár+ (’Explanatory Dictionary Plus’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2007. →ISBN
Further reading
- gúla 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