róka
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Hungarian
Etymology
From a Proto-Finno-Ugric stem + -ka (diminutive suffix)[1] The slang sense is probably a back-formation from rókázik (“to vomit”).
Pronunciation
Noun
róka (plural rókák)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | róka | rókák |
| accusative | rókát | rókákat |
| dative | rókának | rókáknak |
| instrumental | rókával | rókákkal |
| causal-final | rókáért | rókákért |
| translative | rókává | rókákká |
| terminative | rókáig | rókákig |
| essive-formal | rókaként | rókákként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | rókában | rókákban |
| superessive | rókán | rókákon |
| adessive | rókánál | rókáknál |
| illative | rókába | rókákba |
| sublative | rókára | rókákra |
| allative | rókához | rókákhoz |
| elative | rókából | rókákból |
| delative | rókáról | rókákról |
| ablative | rókától | rókáktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
rókáé | rókáké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
rókáéi | rókákéi |
| Possessive forms of róka | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | rókám | rókáim |
| 2nd person sing. | rókád | rókáid |
| 3rd person sing. | rókája | rókái |
| 1st person plural | rókánk | rókáink |
| 2nd person plural | rókátok | rókáitok |
| 3rd person plural | rókájuk | rókáik |
Derived terms
Compound words
Expressions
References
- ^ róka 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
- róka 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