kovász

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Hungarian

Etymology

From a Slavic language, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *kvasъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

kovász (plural kovászok)

  1. leaven, sourdough

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative kovász kovászok
accusative kovászt kovászokat
dative kovásznak kovászoknak
instrumental kovásszal kovászokkal
causal-final kovászért kovászokért
translative kovásszá kovászokká
terminative kovászig kovászokig
essive-formal kovászként kovászokként
essive-modal
inessive kovászban kovászokban
superessive kovászon kovászokon
adessive kovásznál kovászoknál
illative kovászba kovászokba
sublative kovászra kovászokra
allative kovászhoz kovászokhoz
elative kovászból kovászokból
delative kovászról kovászokról
ablative kovásztól kovászoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
kovászé kovászoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
kovászéi kovászokéi
Possessive forms of kovász
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. kovászom kovászaim
2nd person sing. kovászod kovászaid
3rd person sing. kovásza kovászai
1st person plural kovászunk kovászaink
2nd person plural kovászotok kovászaitok
3rd person plural kovászuk kovászaik

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Further reading

  • kovász 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