The etymology is disputed. It has been derived in at least three ways:
telek (plural telkek)
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | telek | telkek |
accusative | telket | telkeket |
dative | teleknek | telkeknek |
instrumental | telekkel | telkekkel |
causal-final | telekért | telkekért |
translative | telekké | telkekké |
terminative | telekig | telkekig |
essive-formal | telekként | telkekként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | telekben | telkekben |
superessive | telken | telkeken |
adessive | teleknél | telkeknél |
illative | telekbe | telkekbe |
sublative | telekre | telkekre |
allative | telekhez | telkekhez |
elative | telekből | telkekből |
delative | telekről | telkekről |
ablative | telektől | telkektől |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
teleké | telkeké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
telekéi | telkekéi |
Possessive forms of telek | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | telkem | telkeim |
2nd person sing. | telked | telkeid |
3rd person sing. | telke | telkei |
1st person plural | telkünk | telkeink |
2nd person plural | telketek | telkeitek |
3rd person plural | telkük | telkeik |
tél (“winter”) + -ek (plural suffix)
telek
telik (“to fill, to become full”) + -ek (“I”, personal suffix)
telek
This form occasionally occurs when a verbal prefix is separated from the verb: