hajcsár

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Hungarian

Etymology

From hajt (to herd, drive) +‎ -ár (noun-forming suffix, indicating an occupation). The function of the cs sound is unclear, it appears to be a suffix-like element, compare tölcsér.[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

hajcsár (plural hajcsárok)

  1. drover (a person who drives animals, especially cattle or sheep, over long distances)
    A két hajcsárThe Two Drovers (a short story by Sir Walter Scott, 1827)
  2. (figuratively, derogatory) slave-driver (a person who demands excessive amounts of work from employees)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative hajcsár hajcsárok
accusative hajcsárt hajcsárokat
dative hajcsárnak hajcsároknak
instrumental hajcsárral hajcsárokkal
causal-final hajcsárért hajcsárokért
translative hajcsárrá hajcsárokká
terminative hajcsárig hajcsárokig
essive-formal hajcsárként hajcsárokként
essive-modal
inessive hajcsárban hajcsárokban
superessive hajcsáron hajcsárokon
adessive hajcsárnál hajcsároknál
illative hajcsárba hajcsárokba
sublative hajcsárra hajcsárokra
allative hajcsárhoz hajcsárokhoz
elative hajcsárból hajcsárokból
delative hajcsárról hajcsárokról
ablative hajcsártól hajcsároktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
hajcsáré hajcsároké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
hajcsáréi hajcsárokéi
Possessive forms of hajcsár
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. hajcsárom hajcsárjaim
2nd person sing. hajcsárod hajcsárjaid
3rd person sing. hajcsárja hajcsárjai
1st person plural hajcsárunk hajcsárjaink
2nd person plural hajcsárotok hajcsárjaitok
3rd person plural hajcsárjuk hajcsárjaik

Derived terms

Compound words

References

  1. ^ hajcsár in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN
  2. ^ hajcsár 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

  • hajcsár 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