pikkely

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Hungarian

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps borrowed from German.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

pikkely (plural pikkelyek)

  1. scale (part of an overlapping arrangement of keratin pieces covering the skin of an animal)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative pikkely pikkelyek
accusative pikkelyt pikkelyeket
dative pikkelynek pikkelyeknek
instrumental pikkellyel pikkelyekkel
causal-final pikkelyért pikkelyekért
translative pikkellyé pikkelyekké
terminative pikkelyig pikkelyekig
essive-formal pikkelyként pikkelyekként
essive-modal
inessive pikkelyben pikkelyekben
superessive pikkelyen pikkelyeken
adessive pikkelynél pikkelyeknél
illative pikkelybe pikkelyekbe
sublative pikkelyre pikkelyekre
allative pikkelyhez pikkelyekhez
elative pikkelyből pikkelyekből
delative pikkelyről pikkelyekről
ablative pikkelytől pikkelyektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
pikkelyé pikkelyeké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
pikkelyéi pikkelyekéi
Possessive forms of pikkely
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. pikkelyem pikkelyeim
2nd person sing. pikkelyed pikkelyeid
3rd person sing. pikkelye pikkelyei
1st person plural pikkelyünk pikkelyeink
2nd person plural pikkelyetek pikkelyeitek
3rd person plural pikkelyük pikkelyeik

Derived terms

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See also

References

  1. ^ pikkely 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

  • pikkely 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