ács

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Hungarian

Etymology

First attested in 1222 as a place name in Regestrum Varadinense. Borrowed from an Oghur Turkic language,[1] ultimately from Proto-Turkic *ïgač (tree; wood). Compare Turkmen agaççy (carpenter), Uyghur ياغاچچى (yaghachchi, carpenter), Salar (carpenter).

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -aːt͡ʃ

Noun

ács (plural ácsok)

  1. carpenter (person skilled at carpentry)
    Coordinate terms: (other woodworkers) asztalos, esztergályos, (barrel makers) kádár, pintér, bodnár

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative ács ácsok
accusative ácsot ácsokat
dative ácsnak ácsoknak
instrumental áccsal ácsokkal
causal-final ácsért ácsokért
translative áccsá ácsokká
terminative ácsig ácsokig
essive-formal ácsként ácsokként
essive-modal
inessive ácsban ácsokban
superessive ácson ácsokon
adessive ácsnál ácsoknál
illative ácsba ácsokba
sublative ácsra ácsokra
allative ácshoz ácsokhoz
elative ácsból ácsokból
delative ácsról ácsokról
ablative ácstól ácsoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
ácsé ácsoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
ácséi ácsokéi
Possessive forms of ács
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. ácsom ácsaim
2nd person sing. ácsod ácsaid
3rd person sing. ácsa ácsai
1st person plural ácsunk ácsaink
2nd person plural ácsotok ácsaitok
3rd person plural ácsuk ácsaik

Derived terms

Compound words

References

  1. ^ ács 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

  • ács 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
  • ács in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).