gerinc

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Hungarian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈɡɛrint͡s]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ge‧rinc
  • Rhymes: -int͡s

Noun

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gerinc (plural gerincek)

  1. mountain ridge, chine (the top of a mountain ridge)
  2. (anatomy) spine, backbone
    Synonyms: hátgerinc, gerincoszlop
    gerinccsatornaspinal canal

Declension

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Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative gerinc gerincek
accusative gerincet gerinceket
dative gerincnek gerinceknek
instrumental gerinccel gerincekkel
causal-final gerincért gerincekért
translative gerinccé gerincekké
terminative gerincig gerincekig
essive-formal gerincként gerincekként
essive-modal
inessive gerincben gerincekben
superessive gerincen gerinceken
adessive gerincnél gerinceknél
illative gerincbe gerincekbe
sublative gerincre gerincekre
allative gerinchez gerincekhez
elative gerincből gerincekből
delative gerincről gerincekről
ablative gerinctől gerincektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
gerincé gerinceké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
gerincéi gerincekéi
Possessive forms of gerinc
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. gerincem gerinceim
2nd person sing. gerinced gerinceid
3rd person sing. gerince gerincei
1st person plural gerincünk gerinceink
2nd person plural gerincetek gerinceitek
3rd person plural gerincük gerinceik

Derived terms

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Compound words
Expressions

Further reading

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  • gerinc 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
  • gerinc 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).