pojáca

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Hungarian

Etymology

First attested in 1829. Borrowed from Italian pagliaccio, from paglia, from Latin palea.

Pronunciation

Noun

pojáca (plural pojácák)

  1. (literary, now derogatory) clown (a performance artist often associated with a circus)
  2. (rare) doll, puppet (a toy or an ornament in the form of a clown)
  3. (figuratively, derogatory) clown (a person dressed tastelessly, gaudily)
  4. (figuratively, derogatory) buffoon, clown (person that cannot be taken seriously)
    Synonym: bohóc

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative pojáca pojácák
accusative pojácát pojácákat
dative pojácának pojácáknak
instrumental pojácával pojácákkal
causal-final pojácáért pojácákért
translative pojácává pojácákká
terminative pojácáig pojácákig
essive-formal pojácaként pojácákként
essive-modal — —
inessive pojácában pojácákban
superessive pojácán pojácákon
adessive pojácánál pojácáknál
illative pojácába pojácákba
sublative pojácára pojácákra
allative pojácához pojácákhoz
elative pojácából pojácákból
delative pojácáról pojácákról
ablative pojácától pojácáktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		pojácáé pojácáké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		pojácáéi pojácákéi
Possessive forms of pojáca
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. pojácám pojácáim
2nd person sing. pojácád pojácáid
3rd person sing. pojácája pojácái
1st person plural pojácánk pojácáink
2nd person plural pojácátok pojácáitok
3rd person plural pojácájuk pojácáik

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ pojáca 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

  • pojáca 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
  • pojáca in Hungarian–English dictionary at SZTAKI
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