ostor
Hungarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Ugric *oćtɜrɜ (“sprout, shoot, twig; whip”),[1][2] from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HáštraH.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ostor
- whip (a pliant, flexible instrument used to create a sharp "crack" sound for directing or herding animals)
- the vertical rope of a shadoof where the bucket is hung
- Synonym: kútostor
- (biology) flagellum (a lash-like appendage that protrudes from the cell body of certain bacterial cells)
Declension
[edit]| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | ostor | ostorok |
| accusative | ostort | ostorokat |
| dative | ostornak | ostoroknak |
| instrumental | ostorral | ostorokkal |
| causal-final | ostorért | ostorokért |
| translative | ostorrá | ostorokká |
| terminative | ostorig | ostorokig |
| essive-formal | ostorként | ostorokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | ostorban | ostorokban |
| superessive | ostoron | ostorokon |
| adessive | ostornál | ostoroknál |
| illative | ostorba | ostorokba |
| sublative | ostorra | ostorokra |
| allative | ostorhoz | ostorokhoz |
| elative | ostorból | ostorokból |
| delative | ostorról | ostorokról |
| ablative | ostortól | ostoroktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
ostoré | ostoroké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
ostoréi | ostorokéi |
| Possessive forms of ostor | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | ostorom | ostoraim |
| 2nd person sing. | ostorod | ostoraid |
| 3rd person sing. | ostora | ostorai |
| 1st person plural | ostorunk | ostoraink |
| 2nd person plural | ostorotok | ostoraitok |
| 3rd person plural | ostoruk | ostoraik |
Derived terms
[edit]Compound words
Expressions
References
[edit]- ^ Entry #658 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
- ^ ostor 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]- ostor 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