Internationalism via German. Compare German Motto, English motto, Italian motto. Ultimately from Late Latin muttio (“I mutter/murmur”). First attested in 1791.[1]
mottó (plural mottók)
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | mottó | mottók |
| accusative | mottót | mottókat |
| dative | mottónak | mottóknak |
| instrumental | mottóval | mottókkal |
| causal-final | mottóért | mottókért |
| translative | mottóvá | mottókká |
| terminative | mottóig | mottókig |
| essive-formal | mottóként | mottókként |
| essive-modal | mottóul | — |
| inessive | mottóban | mottókban |
| superessive | mottón | mottókon |
| adessive | mottónál | mottóknál |
| illative | mottóba | mottókba |
| sublative | mottóra | mottókra |
| allative | mottóhoz | mottókhoz |
| elative | mottóból | mottókból |
| delative | mottóról | mottókról |
| ablative | mottótól | mottóktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
mottóé | mottóké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
mottóéi | mottókéi |
| Possessive forms of mottó | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | mottóm | mottóim |
| 2nd person sing. | mottód | mottóid |
| 3rd person sing. | mottója | mottói |
| 1st person plural | mottónk | mottóink |
| 2nd person plural | mottótok | mottóitok |
| 3rd person plural | mottójuk | mottóik |