köles
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See also: koles
Hungarian
Etymology
From Proto-Ugric *kᴕ̈lɜ, *kᴕ̈lɜ-ćɜ, *kᴕ̈lɜćɜ (“millet”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
köles (plural kölesek)
- millet (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | köles | kölesek |
| accusative | kölest | köleseket |
| dative | kölesnek | köleseknek |
| instrumental | kölessel | kölesekkel |
| causal-final | kölesért | kölesekért |
| translative | kölessé | kölesekké |
| terminative | kölesig | kölesekig |
| essive-formal | kölesként | kölesekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | kölesben | kölesekben |
| superessive | kölesen | köleseken |
| adessive | kölesnél | köleseknél |
| illative | kölesbe | kölesekbe |
| sublative | kölesre | kölesekre |
| allative | köleshez | kölesekhez |
| elative | kölesből | kölesekből |
| delative | kölesről | kölesekről |
| ablative | kölestől | kölesektől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
kölesé | köleseké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
köleséi | kölesekéi |
| Possessive forms of köles | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | kölesem | köleseim |
| 2nd person sing. | kölesed | köleseid |
| 3rd person sing. | kölese | kölesei |
| 1st person plural | kölesünk | köleseink |
| 2nd person plural | kölesetek | köleseitek |
| 3rd person plural | kölesük | köleseik |
Derived terms
Compound words
References
- ^ köles 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
- köles 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