gombostű
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gombostű
Hungarian
Etymology
From gombos (“buttoned”) + tű (“pin”), from gomb (“button”) + -os (adjective-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
Noun
gombostű (plural gombostűk)
- ballhead pin, sewing pin, pin (a needle without an eye used for fastening)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front rounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | gombostű | gombostűk |
| accusative | gombostűt | gombostűket |
| dative | gombostűnek | gombostűknek |
| instrumental | gombostűvel | gombostűkkel |
| causal-final | gombostűért | gombostűkért |
| translative | gombostűvé | gombostűkké |
| terminative | gombostűig | gombostűkig |
| essive-formal | gombostűként | gombostűkként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | gombostűben | gombostűkben |
| superessive | gombostűn | gombostűkön |
| adessive | gombostűnél | gombostűknél |
| illative | gombostűbe | gombostűkbe |
| sublative | gombostűre | gombostűkre |
| allative | gombostűhöz | gombostűkhöz |
| elative | gombostűből | gombostűkből |
| delative | gombostűről | gombostűkről |
| ablative | gombostűtől | gombostűktől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
gombostűé | gombostűké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
gombostűéi | gombostűkéi |
| Possessive forms of gombostű | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | gombostűm | gombostűim |
| 2nd person sing. | gombostűd | gombostűid |
| 3rd person sing. | gombostűje | gombostűi |
| 1st person plural | gombostűnk | gombostűink |
| 2nd person plural | gombostűtök | gombostűitek |
| 3rd person plural | gombostűjük | gombostűik |
Derived terms
Compound words
Expressions
- egy gombostűt se lehetett volna leejteni (“not enough room to swing a cat”, i.e., very little space (available), literally “not even a ballhead pin could have been dropped”)
Further reading
- gombostű 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