kalauz

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Hungarian

Etymology

From a Turkic language. See Ottoman Turkish قلاغوز (kılağuz, kılavuz, kulağuz, kulavuz, guide). Doublet of kalóz (pirate).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ka‧la‧uz
  • Rhymes: -uz

Noun

kalauz (plural kalauzok)

  1. conductor, ticket inspector (now chiefly for train crew)
  2. guide

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative kalauz kalauzok
accusative kalauzt kalauzokat
dative kalauznak kalauzoknak
instrumental kalauzzal kalauzokkal
causal-final kalauzért kalauzokért
translative kalauzzá kalauzokká
terminative kalauzig kalauzokig
essive-formal kalauzként kalauzokként
essive-modal
inessive kalauzban kalauzokban
superessive kalauzon kalauzokon
adessive kalauznál kalauzoknál
illative kalauzba kalauzokba
sublative kalauzra kalauzokra
allative kalauzhoz kalauzokhoz
elative kalauzból kalauzokból
delative kalauzról kalauzokról
ablative kalauztól kalauzoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
kalauzé kalauzoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
kalauzéi kalauzokéi
Possessive forms of kalauz
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. kalauzom kalauzaim
2nd person sing. kalauzod kalauzaid
3rd person sing. kalauza kalauzai
1st person plural kalauzunk kalauzaink
2nd person plural kalauzotok kalauzaitok
3rd person plural kalauzuk kalauzaik

Derived terms

Compound words

Further reading

  • kalauz 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