pác

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Hungarian

(1) tofu pácban
(2) páccal festett fa

Etymology

Most likely borrowed from Bavarian, or a back-formation from earlier pácol (“to marinate, to stain”). Compare Bavarian paiß, German Beize. First attested in 1787.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

pác (plural pácok)

  1. marinade (seasoned mixture in which food is soaked to prepare it for cooking)
    • 1876, Teréz Doletskó, “Sertéscomb savanyúan”, in Szegedi szakácskönyv‎:
      A sertéscombot forró páccal leöntöd és állni hagyod két napig.
      Pour hot marinade over the pork leg, and allow it to stand for two days.
  2. stain (substance used to soak into a surface and color it)
    • 1992, Paul Otto Apian-Bennewitz, “A hegedűépítés gyakorlata”, in József Vékes, transl., A hegedűépítés alapismeretei‎:
      A zselatin a fa rostjaiban rögzíti, és tartóssá teszi a pác színét.
      The gelatin stabilizes the color of the stain in the wood fibers, and makes it permanent.
  3. (colloquial) mess, jam, pickle (difficult situation)
    • 1929, József Róna, “Kecskeméten”, in Egy magyar művész élete‎, volume I:
      Most is hazudsz, pedig a hazudozásod miatt kerültél pácba...
      You're lying again, even though you got into this mess because of your lies...

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative pác pácok
accusative pácot pácokat
dative pácnak pácoknak
instrumental páccal pácokkal
causal-final pácért pácokért
translative páccá pácokká
terminative pácig pácokig
essive-formal pácként pácokként
essive-modal — —
inessive pácban pácokban
superessive pácon pácokon
adessive pácnál pácoknál
illative pácba pácokba
sublative pácra pácokra
allative páchoz pácokhoz
elative pácból pácokból
delative pácról pácokról
ablative páctól pácoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		pácé pácoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		pácéi pácokéi
Possessive forms of pác
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. pácom pácaim
2nd person sing. pácod pácaid
3rd person sing. páca pácai
1st person plural pácunk pácaink
2nd person plural pácotok pácaitok
3rd person plural pácuk pácaik

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ pác 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

  • pác 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
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