Farkas

See also: farkas

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian Farkas.

Proper noun

Farkas (plural Farkases)

1. A surname from Hungarian.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Farkas is the 5204^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6714 individuals. Farkas is most common among White (95.23%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Farkas”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 552.

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɒrkɒʃ]
• Hyphenation: Far‧kas
• Rhymes: -ɒʃ

Proper noun

Farkas

1. a male given name
2. a surname

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	Farkas	Farkasok
accusative	Farkast	Farkasokat
dative	Farkasnak	Farkasoknak
instrumental	Farkassal	Farkasokkal
causal-final	Farkasért	Farkasokért
translative	Farkassá	Farkasokká
terminative	Farkasig	Farkasokig
essive-formal	Farkasként	Farkasokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Farkasban	Farkasokban
superessive	Farkason	Farkasokon
adessive	Farkasnál	Farkasoknál
illative	Farkasba	Farkasokba
sublative	Farkasra	Farkasokra
allative	Farkashoz	Farkasokhoz
elative	Farkasból	Farkasokból
delative	Farkasról	Farkasokról
ablative	Farkastól	Farkasoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	Farkasé	Farkasoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	Farkaséi	Farkasokéi

Possessive forms of Farkas
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Farkasom	Farkasaim
2nd person sing.	Farkasod	Farkasaid
3rd person sing.	Farkasa	Farkasai
1st person plural	Farkasunk	Farkasaink
2nd person plural	Farkasotok	Farkasaitok
3rd person plural	Farkasuk	Farkasaik

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfarkas]

Proper noun

Farkas m pers (female equivalent Farkasová)

1. a male surname from Hungarian

Further reading

• “Farkas”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024