birsalma

Hungarian

birsalma

Etymology

birs +‎ alma

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbirʃɒlmɒ]

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• Hyphenation: birs‧al‧ma
• Rhymes: -mɒ

Noun

birsalma (plural birsalmák)

1. quince (fruit)

   Synonyms: birs, birskörte

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	birsalma	birsalmák
accusative	birsalmát	birsalmákat
dative	birsalmának	birsalmáknak
instrumental	birsalmával	birsalmákkal
causal-final	birsalmáért	birsalmákért
translative	birsalmává	birsalmákká
terminative	birsalmáig	birsalmákig
essive-formal	birsalmaként	birsalmákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	birsalmában	birsalmákban
superessive	birsalmán	birsalmákon
adessive	birsalmánál	birsalmáknál
illative	birsalmába	birsalmákba
sublative	birsalmára	birsalmákra
allative	birsalmához	birsalmákhoz
elative	birsalmából	birsalmákból
delative	birsalmáról	birsalmákról
ablative	birsalmától	birsalmáktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	birsalmáé	birsalmáké
non-attributive possessive – plural	birsalmáéi	birsalmákéi

Possessive forms of birsalma

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	birsalmám	birsalmáim
2nd person sing.	birsalmád	birsalmáid
3rd person sing.	birsalmája	birsalmái
1st person plural	birsalmánk	birsalmáink
2nd person plural	birsalmátok	birsalmáitok
3rd person plural	birsalmájuk	birsalmáik

Derived terms

• birsalmás

(Compound words):

• birsalmafa

Further reading

• birsalma 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
• birsalma 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).