kapitány
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Hungarian
Etymology
A wanderword, via German Kapitän and Italian capitano.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
kapitány (plural kapitányok)
- captain (a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore and rear admiral)
- captain (one of the athletes on a sports team who is designated to make decisions, and is allowed to speak for his team with a referee or official.)
- (historical) commander of a fortress
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | kapitány | kapitányok |
| accusative | kapitányt | kapitányokat |
| dative | kapitánynak | kapitányoknak |
| instrumental | kapitánnyal | kapitányokkal |
| causal-final | kapitányért | kapitányokért |
| translative | kapitánnyá | kapitányokká |
| terminative | kapitányig | kapitányokig |
| essive-formal | kapitányként | kapitányokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | kapitányban | kapitányokban |
| superessive | kapitányon | kapitányokon |
| adessive | kapitánynál | kapitányoknál |
| illative | kapitányba | kapitányokba |
| sublative | kapitányra | kapitányokra |
| allative | kapitányhoz | kapitányokhoz |
| elative | kapitányból | kapitányokból |
| delative | kapitányról | kapitányokról |
| ablative | kapitánytól | kapitányoktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
kapitányé | kapitányoké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
kapitányéi | kapitányokéi |
| Possessive forms of kapitány | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | kapitányom | kapitányaim |
| 2nd person sing. | kapitányod | kapitányaid |
| 3rd person sing. | kapitánya | kapitányai |
| 1st person plural | kapitányunk | kapitányaink |
| 2nd person plural | kapitányotok | kapitányaitok |
| 3rd person plural | kapitányuk | kapitányaik |
Derived terms
Compound words
References
- ^ kapitány in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.
Further reading
- kapitány 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