barkochba

Hungarian

Etymology

From Hebrew בר כוכבא.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɒrkoxbɒ], [ˈbɒrkoːbɒ], [ˈbɒrkobɒ]
• Hyphenation: bar‧koch‧ba
• Rhymes: -bɒ

Noun

barkochba (plural barkochbák)

1. A guessing game (similar to twenty questions) in which a player comes up with a word (typically a living organism, an object, or a concept), while the other player(s) must figure it out by asking questions only to be answered with igen (“yes”) or nem (“no”). (In the easier version, some other replies are allowed, too: is (“also; i.e. partly”), nem jellemző (“untypical; typically not”), and nem tudom (“I don’t know”).) The player has only one opportunity to guess it when they feel positive enough about it (rákérdez (“to have a go at it”)) but they lose if it is unsuccessful.

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	barkochba	barkochbák
accusative	barkochbát	barkochbákat
dative	barkochbának	barkochbáknak
instrumental	barkochbával	barkochbákkal
causal-final	barkochbáért	barkochbákért
translative	barkochbává	barkochbákká
terminative	barkochbáig	barkochbákig
essive-formal	barkochbaként	barkochbákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	barkochbában	barkochbákban
superessive	barkochbán	barkochbákon
adessive	barkochbánál	barkochbáknál
illative	barkochbába	barkochbákba
sublative	barkochbára	barkochbákra
allative	barkochbához	barkochbákhoz
elative	barkochbából	barkochbákból
delative	barkochbáról	barkochbákról
ablative	barkochbától	barkochbáktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	barkochbáé	barkochbáké
non-attributive possessive - plural	barkochbáéi	barkochbákéi

Possessive forms of barkochba
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	barkochbám	barkochbáim
2nd person sing.	barkochbád	barkochbáid
3rd person sing.	barkochbája	barkochbái
1st person plural	barkochbánk	barkochbáink
2nd person plural	barkochbátok	barkochbáitok
3rd person plural	barkochbájuk	barkochbáik

Derived terms

• barkochbázik
• kibarkochbáz

 

See also

• twenty questions

 

Further reading

• barkohba 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
• barkochba in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)