pacák

See also: Pacák and Pacak

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɒt͡saːk]
• Hyphenation: pa‧cák
• Rhymes: -aːk

Etymology 1

First attested in 1943. Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a doublet of the argot word pacek (“face, cheek”) [1924], which is from pacef (“face, cheek”) [1888] with the same ending as in balek. The noun pacef is from Yiddish פרצוף (partsef, “face”), from Ancient Greek πρόσωπον (prósōpon). The -ák ending in pacák may have developed following the examples of melák, pupák.

Noun

pacák (plural pacákok)

1. (colloquial, slightly dated) bloke, chap, fellow

   Synonyms: ember, férfi, illető, fazon, pofa, krapek, pali, manus, pók, ürge, fej, ipse, pasas, pasi, tag, alak

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	pacák	pacákok
accusative	pacákot	pacákokat
dative	pacáknak	pacákoknak
instrumental	pacákkal	pacákokkal
causal-final	pacákért	pacákokért
translative	pacákká	pacákokká
terminative	pacákig	pacákokig
essive-formal	pacákként	pacákokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	pacákban	pacákokban
superessive	pacákon	pacákokon
adessive	pacáknál	pacákoknál
illative	pacákba	pacákokba
sublative	pacákra	pacákokra
allative	pacákhoz	pacákokhoz
elative	pacákból	pacákokból
delative	pacákról	pacákokról
ablative	pacáktól	pacákoktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	pacáké	pacákoké
non-attributive possessive – plural	pacákéi	pacákokéi

Possessive forms of pacák

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	pacákom	pacákjaim
2nd person sing.	pacákod	pacákjaid
3rd person sing.	pacákja	pacákjai
1st person plural	pacákunk	pacákjaink
2nd person plural	pacákotok	pacákjaitok
3rd person plural	pacákjuk	pacákjaik

Etymology 2

paca (“blob”) +‎ -k (plural suffix)

Noun

pacák

1. nominative plural of paca

Further reading

• pacák 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