ecetsav

Hungarian

Etymology

ecet (“vinegar”) +‎ sav (“acid”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛt͡sɛtʃɒv]
• Hyphenation: ecet‧sav
• Rhymes: -ɒv

Noun

ecetsav (usually uncountable, plural ecetsavak)

1. (organic chemistry) acetic acid, systematically named ethanoic acid (a clear colourless organic acid, CH₃COOH, formed by the oxidation of ethanol; it is used as a solvent and has very many industrial applications; it is the major acidic component of vinegar)

   Synonym: etánsav

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	ecetsav	ecetsavak
accusative	ecetsavat	ecetsavakat
dative	ecetsavnak	ecetsavaknak
instrumental	ecetsavval	ecetsavakkal
causal-final	ecetsavért	ecetsavakért
translative	ecetsavvá	ecetsavakká
terminative	ecetsavig	ecetsavakig
essive-formal	ecetsavként	ecetsavakként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	ecetsavban	ecetsavakban
superessive	ecetsavon	ecetsavakon
adessive	ecetsavnál	ecetsavaknál
illative	ecetsavba	ecetsavakba
sublative	ecetsavra	ecetsavakra
allative	ecetsavhoz	ecetsavakhoz
elative	ecetsavból	ecetsavakból
delative	ecetsavról	ecetsavakról
ablative	ecetsavtól	ecetsavaktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	ecetsavé	ecetsavaké
non-attributive possessive – plural	ecetsavéi	ecetsavakéi

Possessive forms of ecetsav

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	ecetsavam	ecetsavaim
2nd person sing.	ecetsavad	ecetsavaid
3rd person sing.	ecetsava	ecetsavai
1st person plural	ecetsavunk	ecetsavaink
2nd person plural	ecetsavatok	ecetsavaitok
3rd person plural	ecetsavuk	ecetsavaik

Further reading

• ecetsav 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
• ecetsav 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).