karnagy

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Hungarian

Etymology

kar (choir, ensemble) +‎ nagy (leader)

Pronunciation

Noun

karnagy (plural karnagyok)

  1. (music) choirmaster, chorister (the musical director of a choir, who conducts performances and supervises rehearsal)
    Synonym: karvezető
  2. (music) conductor (a person who conducts an orchestra)
    Synonym: karmester

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative karnagy karnagyok
accusative karnagyot karnagyokat
dative karnagynak karnagyoknak
instrumental karnaggyal karnagyokkal
causal-final karnagyért karnagyokért
translative karnaggyá karnagyokká
terminative karnagyig karnagyokig
essive-formal karnagyként karnagyokként
essive-modal
inessive karnagyban karnagyokban
superessive karnagyon karnagyokon
adessive karnagynál karnagyoknál
illative karnagyba karnagyokba
sublative karnagyra karnagyokra
allative karnagyhoz karnagyokhoz
elative karnagyból karnagyokból
delative karnagyról karnagyokról
ablative karnagytól karnagyoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
karnagyé karnagyoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
karnagyéi karnagyokéi
Possessive forms of karnagy
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. karnagyom karnagyaim
2nd person sing. karnagyod karnagyaid
3rd person sing. karnagya karnagyai
1st person plural karnagyunk karnagyaink
2nd person plural karnagyotok karnagyaitok
3rd person plural karnagyuk karnagyaik

Derived terms

Further reading

  • karnagy 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