sárkány

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Hungarian

Etymology

From a Turkic language, ultimately from Proto-Turkic *siāŕgan (carp; snake, dragon). Compare Cuman sazagan, Kipchak sazağan (dragon), Turkish sazan.

Pronunciation

Noun

sárkány (plural sárkányok)

sárkány
  1. dragon
  2. kite (a lightweight toy carried on the wind and controlled from the ground by a line)
  3. virago, termagant, vixen, shrew, Xanthippe (a malicious, quarrelsome woman)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative sárkány sárkányok
accusative sárkányt sárkányokat
dative sárkánynak sárkányoknak
instrumental sárkánnyal sárkányokkal
causal-final sárkányért sárkányokért
translative sárkánnyá sárkányokká
terminative sárkányig sárkányokig
essive-formal sárkányként sárkányokként
essive-modal
inessive sárkányban sárkányokban
superessive sárkányon sárkányokon
adessive sárkánynál sárkányoknál
illative sárkányba sárkányokba
sublative sárkányra sárkányokra
allative sárkányhoz sárkányokhoz
elative sárkányból sárkányokból
delative sárkányról sárkányokról
ablative sárkánytól sárkányoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
sárkányé sárkányoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
sárkányéi sárkányokéi
Possessive forms of sárkány
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. sárkányom sárkányaim
2nd person sing. sárkányod sárkányaid
3rd person sing. sárkánya sárkányai
1st person plural sárkányunk sárkányaink
2nd person plural sárkányotok sárkányaitok
3rd person plural sárkányuk sárkányaik

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