ponty
See also: Ponty
English
Noun
ponty (plural ponties)
- Alternative form of punty
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “ponty”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Anagrams
Hungarian
Etymology
Of unknown origin.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
ponty (plural pontyok)
- carp (Cyprinus carpio)
- Synonym: potyka
Usage notes
- Not to be confused with the keszeg. The ponty is usually fleshier and has a humped back (but not always).
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | ponty | pontyok |
| accusative | pontyot | pontyokat |
| dative | pontynak | pontyoknak |
| instrumental | ponttyal | pontyokkal |
| causal-final | pontyért | pontyokért |
| translative | ponttyá | pontyokká |
| terminative | pontyig | pontyokig |
| essive-formal | pontyként | pontyokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | pontyban | pontyokban |
| superessive | pontyon | pontyokon |
| adessive | pontynál | pontyoknál |
| illative | pontyba | pontyokba |
| sublative | pontyra | pontyokra |
| allative | pontyhoz | pontyokhoz |
| elative | pontyból | pontyokból |
| delative | pontyról | pontyokról |
| ablative | pontytól | pontyoktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
pontyé | pontyoké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
pontyéi | pontyokéi |
| Possessive forms of ponty | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | pontyom | pontyaim |
| 2nd person sing. | pontyod | pontyaid |
| 3rd person sing. | pontya | pontyai |
| 1st person plural | pontyunk | pontyaink |
| 2nd person plural | pontyotok | pontyaitok |
| 3rd person plural | pontyuk | pontyaik |
Derived terms
Compound words
References
- ^ ponty 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
- ponty 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