szék
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szék
Hungarian
Etymology
From a Turkic language, from Proto-Turkic *sekü (“stone bench, pedestal”). Compare Turkish seki (“stone seat”).
Pronunciation
Noun
szék (plural székek)
- chair
- seat (in a theater or in the Parliament)
- (literally or figuratively) seat (of an office-holder, e.g. a minister, a bishop, a judge, a president, or a Member of the Academy)
- (archaic, today only in compounds) board, court of law, tribunal (a committee or assembly for consultation or making judgment)
- Synonyms: testület, bizottság, bíróság, döntőbíróság
- Hyponyms: esküdtszék, ítélőszék, törvényszék, semmítőszék, számvevőszék
- (archaic, today only in compounds) stand, support, prop
- Synonyms: állvány, tartó
- Hyponyms: szövőszék, mészárszék
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | szék | székek |
| accusative | széket | székeket |
| dative | széknek | székeknek |
| instrumental | székkel | székekkel |
| causal-final | székért | székekért |
| translative | székké | székekké |
| terminative | székig | székekig |
| essive-formal | székként | székekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | székben | székekben |
| superessive | széken | székeken |
| adessive | széknél | székeknél |
| illative | székbe | székekbe |
| sublative | székre | székekre |
| allative | székhez | székekhez |
| elative | székből | székekből |
| delative | székről | székekről |
| ablative | széktől | székektől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
széké | székeké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
székéi | székekéi |
| Possessive forms of szék | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | székem | székeim |
| 2nd person sing. | széked | székeid |
| 3rd person sing. | széke | székei |
| 1st person plural | székünk | székeink |
| 2nd person plural | széketek | székeitek |
| 3rd person plural | székük | székeik |
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Expressions
Further reading
- (chair, seat): szék 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
- (rare, regional alternative form of szik (“the inside part of the stalks and branches of plants”)): szék , redirecting to (2): szik 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