katicabogár

Hungarian

katicabogár

Etymology

From Katica (diminutive of the female given name Katalin) +‎ bogár (“bug”). The origin of the name can still be found in the popular nursery rhyme Katalinka, szállj el (“Cathy, fly away”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɒtit͡sɒboɡaːr]
• Hyphenation: ka‧ti‧ca‧bo‧gár

Noun

katicabogár (plural katicabogarak)

1. ladybird, ladybug

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	katicabogár	katicabogarak
accusative	katicabogarat	katicabogarakat
dative	katicabogárnak	katicabogaraknak
instrumental	katicabogárral	katicabogarakkal
causal-final	katicabogárért	katicabogarakért
translative	katicabogárrá	katicabogarakká
terminative	katicabogárig	katicabogarakig
essive-formal	katicabogárként	katicabogarakként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	katicabogárban	katicabogarakban
superessive	katicabogáron	katicabogarakon
adessive	katicabogárnál	katicabogaraknál
illative	katicabogárba	katicabogarakba
sublative	katicabogárra	katicabogarakra
allative	katicabogárhoz	katicabogarakhoz
elative	katicabogárból	katicabogarakból
delative	katicabogárról	katicabogarakról
ablative	katicabogártól	katicabogaraktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	katicabogáré	katicabogaraké
non-attributive possessive - plural	katicabogáréi	katicabogarakéi

Possessive forms of katicabogár
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	katicabogaram	katicabogaraim
2nd person sing.	katicabogarad	katicabogaraid
3rd person sing.	katicabogara	katicabogarai
1st person plural	katicabogarunk	katicabogaraink
2nd person plural	katicabogaratok	katicabogaraitok
3rd person plural	katicabogaruk	katicabogaraik

Further reading

• katicabogár 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