kolonc

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Hungarian

Alternative forms

Etymology

First attested in 1792. From German Klotz.

Pronunciation

Noun

kolonc (countable and uncountable, plural koloncok)

  1. dead weight (a large piece of stone or iron placed as a ballast at the other end of the suspended long pole of a shadoof)
    Synonym: nehezék
  2. clog (a larger piece of wood hanging around the neck of a dog or cattle to hinder the animal in running)
  3. (informal, of a person or thing) drag, burden, hindrance, nuisance, dead weight, obstacle
    Synonyms: teher, kölönc

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative kolonc koloncok
accusative koloncot koloncokat
dative koloncnak koloncoknak
instrumental kolonccal koloncokkal
causal-final koloncért koloncokért
translative kolonccá koloncokká
terminative koloncig koloncokig
essive-formal koloncként koloncokként
essive-modal koloncul —
inessive koloncban koloncokban
superessive koloncon koloncokon
adessive koloncnál koloncoknál
illative koloncba koloncokba
sublative koloncra koloncokra
allative kolonchoz koloncokhoz
elative koloncból koloncokból
delative koloncról koloncokról
ablative kolonctól koloncoktól
non-attributive
possessive – singular 		koloncé koloncoké
non-attributive
possessive – plural 		koloncéi koloncokéi
Possessive forms of kolonc
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. koloncom koloncaim
2nd person sing. koloncod koloncaid
3rd person sing. kolonca koloncai
1st person plural koloncunk koloncaink
2nd person plural koloncotok koloncaitok
3rd person plural koloncuk koloncaik

Derived terms

Expressions

References

  1. ^ kolonc 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.)

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