árvácska
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árvácska
Hungarian
Etymology
First attested in 1642. From árva (“orphan”) + -cska (diminutive suffix).[1][2]
Pronunciation
Noun
árvácska (plural árvácskák)
- pansy, garden pansy (Viola × wittrockiana) (a cultivated flowering plant, derived by hybridization within species Viola tricolor)
- Synonym: kerti árvácska
- orphan child
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | árvácska | árvácskák |
| accusative | árvácskát | árvácskákat |
| dative | árvácskának | árvácskáknak |
| instrumental | árvácskával | árvácskákkal |
| causal-final | árvácskáért | árvácskákért |
| translative | árvácskává | árvácskákká |
| terminative | árvácskáig | árvácskákig |
| essive-formal | árvácskaként | árvácskákként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | árvácskában | árvácskákban |
| superessive | árvácskán | árvácskákon |
| adessive | árvácskánál | árvácskáknál |
| illative | árvácskába | árvácskákba |
| sublative | árvácskára | árvácskákra |
| allative | árvácskához | árvácskákhoz |
| elative | árvácskából | árvácskákból |
| delative | árvácskáról | árvácskákról |
| ablative | árvácskától | árvácskáktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
árvácskáé | árvácskáké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
árvácskáéi | árvácskákéi |
| Possessive forms of árvácska | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | árvácskám | árvácskáim |
| 2nd person sing. | árvácskád | árvácskáid |
| 3rd person sing. | árvácskája | árvácskái |
| 1st person plural | árvácskánk | árvácskáink |
| 2nd person plural | árvácskátok | árvácskáitok |
| 3rd person plural | árvácskájuk | árvácskáik |
Derived terms
References
- ^ árvácska 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.
- ^ árvácska 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
- árvácska 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
- árvácska 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).