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kalapács
Hungarian
Etymology
From a Slavic language. Compare Slovene klepač (“scythe hammer”), Ukrainian dialectal клепач (klepáč, “hammer”), from Proto-Slavic *klepati (“to beat, knock”).
Pronunciation
Noun
kalapács (plural kalapácsok)
- hammer
- (anatomy) malleus
- gavel (wooden mallet, used by a courtroom judge, or by a committee chairman, struck against a sounding block to quieten those present, or by an auctioneer to accept the highest bid at auction)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | kalapács | kalapácsok |
| accusative | kalapácsot | kalapácsokat |
| dative | kalapácsnak | kalapácsoknak |
| instrumental | kalapáccsal | kalapácsokkal |
| causal-final | kalapácsért | kalapácsokért |
| translative | kalapáccsá | kalapácsokká |
| terminative | kalapácsig | kalapácsokig |
| essive-formal | kalapácsként | kalapácsokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | kalapácsban | kalapácsokban |
| superessive | kalapácson | kalapácsokon |
| adessive | kalapácsnál | kalapácsoknál |
| illative | kalapácsba | kalapácsokba |
| sublative | kalapácsra | kalapácsokra |
| allative | kalapácshoz | kalapácsokhoz |
| elative | kalapácsból | kalapácsokból |
| delative | kalapácsról | kalapácsokról |
| ablative | kalapácstól | kalapácsoktól |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
kalapácsé | kalapácsoké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
kalapácséi | kalapácsokéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | kalapácsom | kalapácsaim |
| 2nd person sing. | kalapácsod | kalapácsaid |
| 3rd person sing. | kalapácsa | kalapácsai |
| 1st person plural | kalapácsunk | kalapácsaink |
| 2nd person plural | kalapácsotok | kalapácsaitok |
| 3rd person plural | kalapácsuk | kalapácsaik |
Derived terms
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Further reading
- kalapács in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.