-onc
Hungarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]First attested in 1786. Inferred incorrectly by the neologists from other words as a suffix. Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-onc
- (noun-forming suffix) Added to a word to form a noun denoting a person.
Usage notes
[edit]- (noun-forming suffix) Variants:
Declension
[edit]| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | -onc | -oncok |
| accusative | -oncot | -oncokat |
| dative | -oncnak | -oncoknak |
| instrumental | -onccal | -oncokkal |
| causal-final | -oncért | -oncokért |
| translative | -onccá | -oncokká |
| terminative | -oncig | -oncokig |
| essive-formal | -oncként | -oncokként |
| essive-modal | -oncul | — |
| inessive | -oncban | -oncokban |
| superessive | -oncon | -oncokon |
| adessive | -oncnál | -oncoknál |
| illative | -oncba | -oncokba |
| sublative | -oncra | -oncokra |
| allative | -onchoz | -oncokhoz |
| elative | -oncból | -oncokból |
| delative | -oncról | -oncokról |
| ablative | -onctól | -oncoktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
-oncé | -oncoké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
-oncéi | -oncokéi |
| Possessive forms of -onc | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | -oncom | -oncaim |
| 2nd person sing. | -oncod | -oncaid |
| 3rd person sing. | -onca | -oncai |
| 1st person plural | -oncunk | -oncaink |
| 2nd person plural | -oncotok | -oncaitok |
| 3rd person plural | -oncuk | -oncaik |
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ -onc 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.)