zokni

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Hungarian

zokni

Etymology

First attested in 1906. Borrowed from Austrian German. Compare Austrian German Socken, Sockerl, and German Socke. Ultimately from Latin soccus. Suffixed with -i to resolve the word-final consonant cluster, compare cetli from Bavarian zettl or German Zettel (/⁠ˈt͡sɛtl̩⁠/) etc.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

zokni (plural zoknik)

  1. sock (a knitted or woven covering for the foot)
    Synonym: fuszekli

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative zokni zoknik
accusative zoknit zoknikat
dative zokninak zokniknak
instrumental zoknival zoknikkal
causal-final zokniért zoknikért
translative zoknivá zoknikká
terminative zokniig zoknikig
essive-formal zokniként zoknikként
essive-modal
inessive zokniban zoknikban
superessive zoknin zoknikon
adessive zokninál zokniknál
illative zokniba zoknikba
sublative zoknira zoknikra
allative zoknihoz zoknikhoz
elative zokniból zoknikból
delative zokniról zoknikról
ablative zoknitól zokniktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
zoknié zokniké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
zokniéi zoknikéi
Possessive forms of zokni
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. zoknim zoknijaim(or zokniim)
2nd person sing. zoknid zoknijaid(or zokniid)
3rd person sing. zoknija zoknijai(or zoknii)
1st person plural zoknink zoknijaink(or zokniink)
2nd person plural zoknitok zoknijaitok(or zokniitok)
3rd person plural zoknijuk zoknijaik(or zokniik)

Derived terms

Compound words

References

  1. ^ zokni 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.)

Further reading

  • zokni 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