zerge
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Hungarian
Etymology
First attested in 1722. Probably a loanword but of uncertain origin. Compare words in Turkic languages denoting '(castrated) billy goat', e.g. Kazakh серке (serke), Tuvan серге (serge), Uzbek serka.[1][2]
Pronunciation
Noun
zerge (plural zergék)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | zerge | zergék |
| accusative | zergét | zergéket |
| dative | zergének | zergéknek |
| instrumental | zergével | zergékkel |
| causal-final | zergéért | zergékért |
| translative | zergévé | zergékké |
| terminative | zergéig | zergékig |
| essive-formal | zergeként | zergékként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | zergében | zergékben |
| superessive | zergén | zergéken |
| adessive | zergénél | zergéknél |
| illative | zergébe | zergékbe |
| sublative | zergére | zergékre |
| allative | zergéhez | zergékhez |
| elative | zergéből | zergékből |
| delative | zergéről | zergékről |
| ablative | zergétől | zergéktől |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
zergéé | zergéké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
zergééi | zergékéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | zergém | zergéim |
| 2nd person sing. | zergéd | zergéid |
| 3rd person sing. | zergéje | zergéi |
| 1st person plural | zergénk | zergéink |
| 2nd person plural | zergétek | zergéitek |
| 3rd person plural | zergéjük | zergéik |
References
- ^ zerge 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.)
- ^ zerge in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.
Further reading
- zerge 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