jegec
Hungarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]First attested in 1842. From jég (“ice”) + -e- + -c (noun-forming suffix). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]jegec
Declension
[edit]| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | jegec | jegecek |
| accusative | jegecet | jegeceket |
| dative | jegecnek | jegeceknek |
| instrumental | jegeccel | jegecekkel |
| causal-final | jegecért | jegecekért |
| translative | jegeccé | jegecekké |
| terminative | jegecig | jegecekig |
| essive-formal | jegecként | jegecekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | jegecben | jegecekben |
| superessive | jegecen | jegeceken |
| adessive | jegecnél | jegeceknél |
| illative | jegecbe | jegecekbe |
| sublative | jegecre | jegecekre |
| allative | jegechez | jegecekhez |
| elative | jegecből | jegecekből |
| delative | jegecről | jegecekről |
| ablative | jegectől | jegecektől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
jegecé | jegeceké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
jegecéi | jegecekéi |
| Possessive forms of jegec | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | jegecem | jegeceim |
| 2nd person sing. | jegeced | jegeceid |
| 3rd person sing. | jegece | jegecei |
| 1st person plural | jegecünk | jegeceink |
| 2nd person plural | jegecetek | jegeceitek |
| 3rd person plural | jegecük | jegeceik |
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ jegec 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.)
Further reading
[edit]- jegec 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