kabóca

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Hungarian

 Kabócák on Hungarian Wikipedia
kabóca

Etymology

Either from Slovene kobilica (locust), from kobila (mare) or from Serbo-Croatian kobilica (mare).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

kabóca (plural kabócák)

  1. cicada

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative kabóca kabócák
accusative kabócát kabócákat
dative kabócának kabócáknak
instrumental kabócával kabócákkal
causal-final kabócáért kabócákért
translative kabócává kabócákká
terminative kabócáig kabócákig
essive-formal kabócaként kabócákként
essive-modal
inessive kabócában kabócákban
superessive kabócán kabócákon
adessive kabócánál kabócáknál
illative kabócába kabócákba
sublative kabócára kabócákra
allative kabócához kabócákhoz
elative kabócából kabócákból
delative kabócáról kabócákról
ablative kabócától kabócáktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
kabócáé kabócáké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
kabócáéi kabócákéi
Possessive forms of kabóca
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. kabócám kabócáim
2nd person sing. kabócád kabócáid
3rd person sing. kabócája kabócái
1st person plural kabócánk kabócáink
2nd person plural kabócátok kabócáitok
3rd person plural kabócájuk kabócáik

References

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

Further reading

  • kabóca 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