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öcs

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finno-Ugric *ećɜ (younger brother or sister).[1][2]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈøt͡ʃː] (phonetic respelling: öccs)
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -øt͡ʃː

Noun

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öcs (plural öcsök)

  1. (chiefly with a possessive suffix) younger brother
  2. (with a first-person possessive suffix, colloquial) kid, dude, bro, man (form of address)
    Synonym: öregem
  3. (chiefly with a possessive suffix, folksy, archaic) synonym of húg (younger sister)

Declension

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Possessive forms of öcs
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. öcsém öcséim, öccseim
2nd person sing. öcséd öcséid, öccseid
3rd person sing. öccse öccsei, öcséi
1st person plural öcsénk öcséink, öccseink
2nd person plural öcsétek öcséitek, öccseitek
3rd person plural öccsük öccseik, öcséik

Coordinate terms

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Hungarian family terms
család (family) Male Female
parent apa (father) anya (mother)
grandparent nagyapa nagyanya
sibling general fiútestvér (brother), fivér (brother) lánytestvér (sister)
elder báty (elder brother) nővér (elder sister)
younger öcs (younger brother) húg (younger sister)
cousin unokatestvér (cousin)
child fiú (son) lány (daughter)
grandchild unoka (grandchild)
parent's sibling nagybácsi (paternal uncle) nagynéni (paternal aunt)
sibling's child unokaöcs (nephew) unokahúg (niece)
spouse férj (husband) feleség (wife)
spouse's parent após (father-in-law) anyós (mother-in-law)
child's spouse (son-in-law) meny (daughter-in-law)
child's spouse's parent apatárs (co-father-in-law) anyatárs (co-mother-in-law)
siblings-in-law sógor (brother-in-law) sógornő (sister-in-law)

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Entry #126 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. ^ öcs in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN

Further reading

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  • öcs in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.