keszeg

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Hungarian

jászkeszeg (Leuciscus idus)

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *kećä (a kind of fish). Cognate with Northern Mansi (kāsəw). Possibly a Wanderwort. Compare Ossetian кӕсаг (kæsag), Georgian ქაშაყი (kašaq̇i).

Pronunciation

Noun

keszeg (plural keszegek)

  1. bream, ide (several fishes of the genera Abramis and Leuciscus)

Usage notes

  • Be careful not to mix it up with the ponty. Even though some fishes under each of these genera overlap, the keszeg is usually a bonier fish which lacks the humped back (but not always).

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative keszeg keszegek
accusative keszeget keszegeket
dative keszegnek keszegeknek
instrumental keszeggel keszegekkel
causal-final keszegért keszegekért
translative keszeggé keszegekké
terminative keszegig keszegekig
essive-formal keszegként keszegekként
essive-modal
inessive keszegben keszegekben
superessive keszegen keszegeken
adessive keszegnél keszegeknél
illative keszegbe keszegekbe
sublative keszegre keszegekre
allative keszeghez keszegekhez
elative keszegből keszegekből
delative keszegről keszegekről
ablative keszegtől keszegektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
keszegé keszegeké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
keszegéi keszegekéi
Possessive forms of keszeg
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. keszegem keszegeim
2nd person sing. keszeged keszegeid
3rd person sing. keszege keszegei
1st person plural keszegünk keszegeink
2nd person plural keszegetek keszegeitek
3rd person plural keszegük keszegeik

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Further reading

  • keszeg 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