kölyök

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Hungarian

Alternative forms

  • kölök (dialectal; more widely used in sense 2)

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *kȫĺek (young of camel), compare Turkish köşek (young camel), Mongolian гөлөг (gölög, puppy).

Pronunciation

Noun

kölyök (plural kölykök)

  1. (of animals, especially mammals) young, cub
  2. (colloquial, of humans) brat, kid

Declension

Inflection (stem in -ö-, front rounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative kölyök kölykök
accusative kölyköt kölyköket
dative kölyöknek kölyköknek
instrumental kölyökkel kölykökkel
causal-final kölyökért kölykökért
translative kölyökké kölykökké
terminative kölyökig kölykökig
essive-formal kölyökként kölykökként
essive-modal
inessive kölyökben kölykökben
superessive kölykön kölykökön
adessive kölyöknél kölyköknél
illative kölyökbe kölykökbe
sublative kölyökre kölykökre
allative kölyökhöz kölykökhöz
elative kölyökből kölykökből
delative kölyökről kölykökről
ablative kölyöktől kölyköktől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
kölyöké kölyköké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
kölyökéi kölykökéi
Possessive forms of kölyök
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. kölyköm kölykeim
2nd person sing. kölyköd kölykeid
3rd person sing. kölyke kölykei
1st person plural kölykünk kölykeink
2nd person plural kölykötök kölykeitek
3rd person plural kölykük kölykeik

Derived terms

Compound words

See also

Further reading

  • kölyök 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