kalács
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kalács
Hungarian
Etymology
From a Slavic language, compare Serbo-Croatian kolač (“cake”), Slovak koláč (“cake”), Russian кала́ч (kaláč, “a specific type of twisted white bread”).
Pronunciation
Noun
kalács (plural kalácsok)
- brioche (light sweet bread)
- „Ha nincs kenyerük, egyenek kalácsot!” (or „…miért nem esznek kalácsot?”)
- “If they don’t have bread, let them eat brioche!”
- nut roll
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | kalács | kalácsok |
| accusative | kalácsot | kalácsokat |
| dative | kalácsnak | kalácsoknak |
| instrumental | kaláccsal | kalácsokkal |
| causal-final | kalácsért | kalácsokért |
| translative | kaláccsá | kalácsokká |
| terminative | kalácsig | kalácsokig |
| essive-formal | kalácsként | kalácsokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | kalácsban | kalácsokban |
| superessive | kalácson | kalácsokon |
| adessive | kalácsnál | kalácsoknál |
| illative | kalácsba | kalácsokba |
| sublative | kalácsra | kalácsokra |
| allative | kalácshoz | kalácsokhoz |
| elative | kalácsból | kalácsokból |
| delative | kalácsról | kalácsokról |
| ablative | kalácstól | kalácsoktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
kalácsé | kalácsoké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
kalácséi | kalácsokéi |
| Possessive forms of kalács | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | kalácsom | kalácsaim |
| 2nd person sing. | kalácsod | kalácsaid |
| 3rd person sing. | kalácsa | kalácsai |
| 1st person plural | kalácsunk | kalácsaink |
| 2nd person plural | kalácsotok | kalácsaitok |
| 3rd person plural | kalácsuk | kalácsaik |
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Further reading
- kalács 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