kámfor

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Hungarian

 kámfor on Hungarian Wikipedia
kámfor

Etymology

From German Kampfer, from Medieval Latin camphora, ultimately of Austronesian origin; compare Malay kapur.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: kám‧for
  • Rhymes: -or

Noun

kámfor (plural kámforok)

  1. camphor

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative kámfor kámforok
accusative kámfort kámforokat
dative kámfornak kámforoknak
instrumental kámforral kámforokkal
causal-final kámforért kámforokért
translative kámforrá kámforokká
terminative kámforig kámforokig
essive-formal kámforként kámforokként
essive-modal
inessive kámforban kámforokban
superessive kámforon kámforokon
adessive kámfornál kámforoknál
illative kámforba kámforokba
sublative kámforra kámforokra
allative kámforhoz kámforokhoz
elative kámforból kámforokból
delative kámforról kámforokról
ablative kámfortól kámforoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
kámforé kámforoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
kámforéi kámforokéi
Possessive forms of kámfor
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. kámforom kámforjaim
2nd person sing. kámforod kámforjaid
3rd person sing. kámforja kámforjai
1st person plural kámforunk kámforjaink
2nd person plural kámforotok kámforjaitok
3rd person plural kámforjuk kámforjaik

Further reading

  • kámfor 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