zsiráf
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zsiráf
Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Austrian German Giraffe, from Italian giraffa, from Arabic زَرَافَة (zarāfa, “giraffe”).
Pronunciation
Noun
zsiráf (plural zsiráfok)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | zsiráf | zsiráfok |
| accusative | zsiráfot | zsiráfokat |
| dative | zsiráfnak | zsiráfoknak |
| instrumental | zsiráffal | zsiráfokkal |
| causal-final | zsiráfért | zsiráfokért |
| translative | zsiráffá | zsiráfokká |
| terminative | zsiráfig | zsiráfokig |
| essive-formal | zsiráfként | zsiráfokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | zsiráfban | zsiráfokban |
| superessive | zsiráfon | zsiráfokon |
| adessive | zsiráfnál | zsiráfoknál |
| illative | zsiráfba | zsiráfokba |
| sublative | zsiráfra | zsiráfokra |
| allative | zsiráfhoz | zsiráfokhoz |
| elative | zsiráfból | zsiráfokból |
| delative | zsiráfról | zsiráfokról |
| ablative | zsiráftól | zsiráfoktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
zsiráfé | zsiráfoké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
zsiráféi | zsiráfokéi |
| Possessive forms of zsiráf | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | zsiráfom | zsiráfjaim |
| 2nd person sing. | zsiráfod | zsiráfjaid |
| 3rd person sing. | zsiráfja | zsiráfjai |
| 1st person plural | zsiráfunk | zsiráfjaink |
| 2nd person plural | zsiráfotok | zsiráfjaitok |
| 3rd person plural | zsiráfjuk | zsiráfjaik |
Further reading
- zsiráf 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