kolonc

Hungarian

Alternative forms

• kölönc (folksy)

Etymology

First attested in 1792. From German Klotz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkolont͡s]
• Hyphenation: ko‧lonc
• Rhymes: -ont͡s

Noun

kolonc (countable and uncountable, plural koloncok)

1. dead weight (a large piece of stone or iron placed as a ballast at the other end of the suspended long pole of a shadoof)

   Synonym: nehezék

2. clog (a larger piece of wood hanging around the neck of a dog or cattle to hinder the animal in running)
3. (informal, of a person or thing) drag, burden, hindrance, nuisance, dead weight, obstacle

   Synonyms: teher, kölönc

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	kolonc	koloncok
accusative	koloncot	koloncokat
dative	koloncnak	koloncoknak
instrumental	kolonccal	koloncokkal
causal-final	koloncért	koloncokért
translative	kolonccá	koloncokká
terminative	koloncig	koloncokig
essive-formal	koloncként	koloncokként
essive-modal	koloncul	—
inessive	koloncban	koloncokban
superessive	koloncon	koloncokon
adessive	koloncnál	koloncoknál
illative	koloncba	koloncokba
sublative	koloncra	koloncokra
allative	kolonchoz	koloncokhoz
elative	koloncból	koloncokból
delative	koloncról	koloncokról
ablative	kolonctól	koloncoktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	koloncé	koloncoké
non-attributive possessive – plural	koloncéi	koloncokéi

Possessive forms of kolonc

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	koloncom	koloncaim
2nd person sing.	koloncod	koloncaid
3rd person sing.	kolonca	koloncai
1st person plural	koloncunk	koloncaink
2nd person plural	koloncotok	koloncaitok
3rd person plural	koloncuk	koloncaik

Derived terms

• koloncos

(Expressions):

• kolonc a nyakán

Further reading

• kolonc 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