katona

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Hungarian

Etymology

Probably from Italian. Compare Italian cattano, from Latin capitaneus.

Pronunciation

Noun

katona (plural katonák)

  1. soldier
  2. piece of buttered bread with optionally a topping on it

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative katona katonák
accusative katonát katonákat
dative katonának katonáknak
instrumental katonával katonákkal
causal-final katonáért katonákért
translative katonává katonákká
terminative katonáig katonákig
essive-formal katonaként katonákként
essive-modal — —
inessive katonában katonákban
superessive katonán katonákon
adessive katonánál katonáknál
illative katonába katonákba
sublative katonára katonákra
allative katonához katonákhoz
elative katonából katonákból
delative katonáról katonákról
ablative katonától katonáktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		katonáé katonáké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		katonáéi katonákéi
Possessive forms of katona
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. katonám katonáim
2nd person sing. katonád katonáid
3rd person sing. katonája katonái
1st person plural katonánk katonáink
2nd person plural katonátok katonáitok
3rd person plural katonájuk katonáik

Derived terms

Compound words

Descendants

  • → Polish: katana
  • → Romanian: cătană

References

  1. ^ katona in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

  • katona 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
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