kusza
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kusza
Hungarian
Etymology
Uncertain. Either from an unattested verbal stem with the -a obsolete participle suffix, or back-formation from kuszál (“to tangle”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
Adjective
kusza (comparative kuszább, superlative legkuszább)
- entangled, intertwined (thread, plants), dishevelled (hair) (tangled or twisted together)
- disorderly, disorganized, untidy
- Synonym: rendetlen
- (figuratively) confused, incoherent (speech, thought), confused (information, instruction), jumbled (emotions, memories), intricate, complicated, entangled (situation)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | kusza | kuszák |
| accusative | kuszát | kuszákat |
| dative | kuszának | kuszáknak |
| instrumental | kuszával | kuszákkal |
| causal-final | kuszáért | kuszákért |
| translative | kuszává | kuszákká |
| terminative | kuszáig | kuszákig |
| essive-formal | kuszaként | kuszákként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | kuszában | kuszákban |
| superessive | kuszán | kuszákon |
| adessive | kuszánál | kuszáknál |
| illative | kuszába | kuszákba |
| sublative | kuszára | kuszákra |
| allative | kuszához | kuszákhoz |
| elative | kuszából | kuszákból |
| delative | kuszáról | kuszákról |
| ablative | kuszától | kuszáktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
kuszáé | kuszáké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
kuszáéi | kuszákéi |
Derived terms
References
- ^ kusza in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.
- ^ kusza 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
- kusza 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
Polish
Etymology
Unknown. Perhaps borrowed from Czech kuše.
Pronunciation
Noun
kusza f
- crossbow (mechanised weapon, based on the bow and arrow)
- Synonym: samostrzał
Declension
Declension of kusza
Derived terms
nouns