kosár

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See also: kosar, koşar, and košár

Hungarian

(1) kosár
(5) melltartókosár
(8.2) kosárpalánk

Etymology

Borrowed from a South Slavic language, compare Serbo-Croatian košara, Slovene košara. The meaning “rejection” came into use in analogy with German Korb (basket; rejection), which in turn is due to a medieval custom of giving a bottomless basket as a symbol of unrequited love.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -aːr
  • Hyphenation: ko‧sár

Noun

kosár (plural kosarak)

  1. basket (round lightweight container, especially one that is woven)
    • 1896, Dezső Szomory, “Verebek”, in Mesekönyv:
      Aztán gyorsan, kosárral a karján, a piacra sietett.
      Then, with a basket on her arm, she quickly hurried to the market.
  2. basketful (amount that will fit into a basket)
    • 1915, “Adományok”, in Nagykőrös és Vidéke, volume 5, number 47:
      Kafan Józsefné: 5 üveg befőtt, 1 kosár dió, 1 zsák krumpli.
      Mrs. József Kafan: 5 jars of pickles, 1 basket of walnuts, 1 sack of potatoes.
  3. shopping basket (basket for carrying merchandise while shopping)
    • 2000, András Papp, “Post factum”, in Holmi, volume 12, number 5:
      Már csak egy vevő volt előttem, kosara gyorsan kiürült.
      There was only one customer in front of me now, her shopping basket emptied quickly.
  4. (by extension, Internet) cart, shopping cart (list of items marked for purchase in an online store)
    • 2013, Katalin Kapros Gönczi, Péter Csanádi, “9.2.3 Termék kosárba helyezése”, in Webprogramozás, volume II:
      Ahhoz hogy egy terméket a kosárba tudjunk helyezni, regisztrált vevőknek kell lennünk.
      To be able to add an item to your cart, you have to be a registered customer.
  5. bra cup (part of a bra that covers the breast, also used as a measurement of size)
    • 2010, “Fürdőruhamustra: telteknek ajánlunk fazonokat”, in Új Magyar Szó, volume 6, number 121:
      Csak azokkal a fazonokkal kísérletezzünk, amelyeknél a melltartó kosara rögzítve van.
      We should only experiment with those styles that have a bra with a fixed cup.
  6. (in set phrases) rejection, the mitten (typically of a marriage proposal, or refusal to dance)
    • 2002, Anikó Lukács, “Nemzeti divat a reformkori Pesten”, in Korall, number 10:
      Ugyanezen a bálon két leány minden frakkos férfinak kosarat adott.
      At the same ball, two girls refused to dance with every man who wore a tailcoat.
      (literally, “two girls gave baskets to every man”)
  7. the basket of a hot-air balloon, a crane or a crow’s nest
    • 2018, Donát Tépő, “Becsekkolás”, in Horizontmélye:
      A légijármű kosarában 20-an voltak, amikor a szél elragadta a ballont.
      There were 20 people in the aircraft’s basket when the wind seized the balloon.
  8. a concept or object relating to the team sport of basketball
    1. (colloquial) basketball (sport with the objective of putting a ball through a hoop)
      • 2006, Dániel Tem, “Kedves sportos Gólya!”, in Ikszikszí, volume 11:
        Mint minden évben, természetesen idén is tudsz jelentkezni a legnépszerűbb sportokra: foci, úszás, kosár!
        Certainly, like every year, you can sign up again for the most popular sports: football, swimming, basketball!
    2. (basketball) basket (circular hoop from which a net is suspended)
      • 1996, Ferenc Deák, “Félrecsúszott magyar győzelmi lehetőségek Atlantában”, in Kapu, volume 9, number 9:
        Nevetséges amikor a góliátok nem bedobják, hanem beteszik a labdát a kosárba.
        It is ridiculous when these giants don’t throw but dunk the ball in the basket.
    3. (basketball) basket (putting the ball through the basket, thereby scoring points)
      • 1963, “Hosszabbítás után vereség az olaszoktól”, in Heti Híradó, volume 7, number 41:
        Az első kosarat Temesvári dobta, majd a magyar csapat elhúzott 10:3-ra.
        Temesvári scored the first basket, after which the Hungarian team pulled away to a 10-3 lead.

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative kosár kosarak
accusative kosarat kosarakat
dative kosárnak kosaraknak
instrumental kosárral kosarakkal
causal-final kosárért kosarakért
translative kosárrá kosarakká
terminative kosárig kosarakig
essive-formal kosárként kosarakként
essive-modal
inessive kosárban kosarakban
superessive kosáron kosarakon
adessive kosárnál kosaraknál
illative kosárba kosarakba
sublative kosárra kosarakra
allative kosárhoz kosarakhoz
elative kosárból kosarakból
delative kosárról kosarakról
ablative kosártól kosaraktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
kosáré kosaraké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
kosáréi kosarakéi
Possessive forms of kosár
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. kosaram kosaraim
2nd person sing. kosarad kosaraid
3rd person sing. kosara kosarai
1st person plural kosarunk kosaraink
2nd person plural kosaratok kosaraitok
3rd person plural kosaruk kosaraik

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References

  1. ^ kosár 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

  • kosár 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