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vekni

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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First attested in 1866. Borrowed from Bavarian wegken,[1] from Middle High German wecke, from Old High German wecki, weggi, from Proto-Germanic *wagjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-. Suffixed with -i to resolve the word-final consonant cluster, compare cetli from Bavarian zettl or German Zettel (/⁠ˈt͡sɛtl̩⁠/) etc.[2]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈvɛkni]
  • Hyphenation: vek‧ni
  • Rhymes: -ni

Noun

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vekni (plural veknik)

  1. (colloquial) loaf (an elongated, egg-shaped block of bread)
    Hypernym: kenyér
    Coordinate term: cipó
    Négy veknit vettem a családi összejövetelre. ― I bought four loaves for the family gathering.
    Vettem egy vekni kenyeret. ― I bought a loaf of bread.

Declension

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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative vekni veknik
accusative veknit vekniket
dative vekninek vekniknek
instrumental veknivel veknikkel
causal-final vekniért veknikért
translative veknivé veknikké
terminative vekniig veknikig
essive-formal vekniként veknikként
essive-modal — —
inessive vekniben veknikben
superessive veknin vekniken
adessive vekninél vekniknél
illative veknibe veknikbe
sublative veknire veknikre
allative veknihez veknikhez
elative vekniből veknikből
delative vekniről veknikről
ablative veknitől vekniktől
non-attributive
possessive – singular 		veknié vekniké
non-attributive
possessive – plural 		vekniéi veknikéi
Possessive forms of vekni
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. veknim veknijeim (or vekniim)
2nd person sing. veknid veknijeid (or vekniid)
3rd person sing. veknije veknijei (or veknii)
1st person plural veknink veknijeink (or vekniink)
2nd person plural veknitek veknijeitek (or vekniitek)
3rd person plural veknijük veknijeik (or vekniik)

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ vekni 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.)
  2. ^ vekni in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.

Further reading

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  • vekni 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
  • vekni in Hungarian–English dictionary at SZTAKI
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