méhkas

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Hungarian

Etymology

méh (bee) +‎ kas (skep; basket; cage)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):  (phonetic respelling: mékas)
  • Hyphenation: méh‧kas

Noun

méhkas (plural méhkasok)

  1. beehive (man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey)
    Synonym: kaptár

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative méhkas méhkasok
accusative méhkast méhkasokat
dative méhkasnak méhkasoknak
instrumental méhkassal méhkasokkal
causal-final méhkasért méhkasokért
translative méhkassá méhkasokká
terminative méhkasig méhkasokig
essive-formal méhkasként méhkasokként
essive-modal
inessive méhkasban méhkasokban
superessive méhkason méhkasokon
adessive méhkasnál méhkasoknál
illative méhkasba méhkasokba
sublative méhkasra méhkasokra
allative méhkashoz méhkasokhoz
elative méhkasból méhkasokból
delative méhkasról méhkasokról
ablative méhkastól méhkasoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
méhkasé méhkasoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
méhkaséi méhkasokéi
Possessive forms of méhkas
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. méhkasom méhkasaim
2nd person sing. méhkasod méhkasaid
3rd person sing. méhkasa méhkasai
1st person plural méhkasunk méhkasaink
2nd person plural méhkasotok méhkasaitok
3rd person plural méhkasuk méhkasaik

Further reading

  • méhkas 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