pocak
Hungarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably from Old Hungarian poc (“belly”) (of unknown origin) + -k (“diminutive suffix”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pocak (plural pocakok)
- (colloquial, humorous) potbelly, belly, paunch (a protruding abdomen of a human)
Declension
[edit]| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | pocak | pocakok |
| accusative | pocakot | pocakokat |
| dative | pocaknak | pocakoknak |
| instrumental | pocakkal | pocakokkal |
| causal-final | pocakért | pocakokért |
| translative | pocakká | pocakokká |
| terminative | pocakig | pocakokig |
| essive-formal | pocakként | pocakokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | pocakban | pocakokban |
| superessive | pocakon | pocakokon |
| adessive | pocaknál | pocakoknál |
| illative | pocakba | pocakokba |
| sublative | pocakra | pocakokra |
| allative | pocakhoz | pocakokhoz |
| elative | pocakból | pocakokból |
| delative | pocakról | pocakokról |
| ablative | pocaktól | pocakoktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
pocaké | pocakoké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
pocakéi | pocakokéi |
| Possessive forms of pocak | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | pocakom | pocakjaim |
| 2nd person sing. | pocakod | pocakjaid |
| 3rd person sing. | pocakja | pocakjai |
| 1st person plural | pocakunk | pocakjaink |
| 2nd person plural | pocakotok | pocakjaitok |
| 3rd person plural | pocakjuk | pocakjaik |
Derived terms
[edit]Compound words
Expressions
References
[edit]- ^ pocak 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]- pocak 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