kavics

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Hungarian

kavicsok

Etymology

Of contested origin. Either derived from kövecs (pebble) or diminutive of kova (flint).

Pronunciation

Noun

kavics (plural kavicsok)

  1. pebble, gravel

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative kavics kavicsok
accusative kavicsot kavicsokat
dative kavicsnak kavicsoknak
instrumental kaviccsal kavicsokkal
causal-final kavicsért kavicsokért
translative kaviccsá kavicsokká
terminative kavicsig kavicsokig
essive-formal kavicsként kavicsokként
essive-modal
inessive kavicsban kavicsokban
superessive kavicson kavicsokon
adessive kavicsnál kavicsoknál
illative kavicsba kavicsokba
sublative kavicsra kavicsokra
allative kavicshoz kavicsokhoz
elative kavicsból kavicsokból
delative kavicsról kavicsokról
ablative kavicstól kavicsoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
kavicsé kavicsoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
kavicséi kavicsokéi
Possessive forms of kavics
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. kavicsom kavicsaim
2nd person sing. kavicsod kavicsaid
3rd person sing. kavicsa kavicsai
1st person plural kavicsunk kavicsaink
2nd person plural kavicsotok kavicsaitok
3rd person plural kavicsuk kavicsaik

Derived terms

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See also

Further reading

  • kavics 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