hóra

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See also: hora, Hora, horă, höra, and høra

Hungarian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Romanian horă, from Greek χορός (chorós, “dance”).

Noun

hóra (plural hórák)

  1. hora (Romanian folk dance or its music)
Declension
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative hóra hórák
accusative hórát hórákat
dative hórának hóráknak
instrumental hórával hórákkal
causal-final hóráért hórákért
translative hórává hórákká
terminative hóráig hórákig
essive-formal hóraként hórákként
essive-modal — —
inessive hórában hórákban
superessive hórán hórákon
adessive hóránál hóráknál
illative hórába hórákba
sublative hórára hórákra
allative hórához hórákhoz
elative hórából hórákból
delative hóráról hórákról
ablative hórától hóráktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		hóráé hóráké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		hóráéi hórákéi
Possessive forms of hóra
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. hórám hóráim
2nd person sing. hórád hóráid
3rd person sing. hórája hórái
1st person plural hóránk hóráink
2nd person plural hórátok hóráitok
3rd person plural hórájuk hóráik

Etymology 2

hó (“snow”) +‎ -ra (sublative case ending)

Noun

hóra

  1. sublative singular of hó
    Nagy hóra van kilátás a héten. ― There is a chance of heavy snowfall this week.
    Eső esett a hóra. ― Rain fell on the snow.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hóra, from Proto-Germanic *hōrǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ros (“dear, loved”).

Pronunciation

Noun

hóra f (genitive singular hóru, nominative plural hórur)

  1. (vulgar) whore, (female) prostitute
  2. (vulgar, slang, derogatory) slut
  3. (vulgar, slang, derogatory) a contemptible person, male or female

Declension

declension of hóra
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hóra hóran hórur hórurnar
accusative hóru hóruna hórur hórurnar
dative hóru hórunni hórum hórunum
genitive hóru hórunnar hóra hóranna

Derived terms

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *hōrǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ros (“dear, loved”). Compare Old English hora (modern English whore), Dutch hoer, Old High German huora (modern German Hure).

Noun

hóra f

  1. whore, harlot
Declension
  Declension of hóra (weak ōn-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hóra hóran hórur hórurnar
accusative hóru hóruna hórur hórurnar
dative hóru hórunni hórum hórunum
genitive hóru hórunnar hórna hórnanna
Descendants
  • Icelandic: hóra
  • Faroese: hora
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hore
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hora
  • Old Swedish: hōra
  • Danish: hore
  • Elfdalian: uora
  • → Estonian: hoor
  • → Finnish: hoora, huora

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *hōrōną.

Verb

hóra

  1. to commit adultery
Conjugation
Conjugation of hóra — active (weak class 2)
infinitive hóra
present participle hórandi
past participle hóraðr
indicative present past
1st-person singular hóra hóraða
2nd-person singular hórar hóraðir
3rd-person singular hórar hóraði
1st-person plural hórum hóruðum
2nd-person plural hórið hóruðuð
3rd-person plural hóra hóruðu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular hóra hóraða
2nd-person singular hórir hóraðir
3rd-person singular hóri hóraði
1st-person plural hórim hóraðim
2nd-person plural hórið hóraðið
3rd-person plural hóri hóraði
imperative present
2nd-person singular hóra
1st-person plural hórum
2nd-person plural hórið
Conjugation of hóra — mediopassive (weak class 2)
infinitive hórask
present participle hórandisk
past participle hórazk
indicative present past
1st-person singular hórumk hóruðumk
2nd-person singular hórask hóraðisk
3rd-person singular hórask hóraðisk
1st-person plural hórumsk hóruðumsk
2nd-person plural hórizk hóruðuzk
3rd-person plural hórask hóruðusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular hórumk hóruðumk
2nd-person singular hórisk hóraðisk
3rd-person singular hórisk hóraðisk
1st-person plural hórimsk hóraðimsk
2nd-person plural hórizk hóraðizk
3rd-person plural hórisk hóraðisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular hórask
1st-person plural hórumsk
2nd-person plural hórizk
Derived terms
Related terms
  • hór n (“adultery”)
  • hóra f (“harlot”)
  • hórr m (“adulterer”)
Descendants
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hore

References

  • “hóra”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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