szú

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Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *ćuγз or *śukз (woodworm).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: szú
  • Rhymes: -suː

Noun

szú (plural szúk)

  1. (broadly) woodborer, woodworm
  2. deathwatch beetle, furniture beetle, or another woodboring beetle
    Hyponyms: kopogóbogár, betűzőszú, ágszú, faszú
  3. (in compounds with csont (bone) or fog (tooth), folksy) caries, decay

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative szú szúk
accusative szút szúkat
dative szúnak szúknak
instrumental szúval szúkkal
causal-final szúért szúkért
translative szúvá szúkká
terminative szúig szúkig
essive-formal szúként szúkként
essive-modal
inessive szúban szúkban
superessive szún szúkon
adessive szúnál szúknál
illative szúba szúkba
sublative szúra szúkra
allative szúhoz szúkhoz
elative szúból szúkból
delative szúról szúkról
ablative szútól szúktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
szúé szúké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
szúéi szúkéi
Possessive forms of szú
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. szúm szúim
2nd person sing. szúd szúid
3rd person sing. szúja szúi
1st person plural szúnk szúink
2nd person plural szútok szúitok
3rd person plural szújuk szúik

Derived terms

Compound words

See also

Further reading

  • szú 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