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atka

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See also: Atka and átka

Hungarian

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Etymology

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Unknown. First attested in 1794.[1][2]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈɒtkɒ]
  • Rhymes: -kɒ
  • Hyphenation: at‧ka

Noun

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atka (plural atkák)

  1. mite (any of many minute arachnids which, along with the ticks, comprise subclass Acari)

Declension

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Possessive forms of atka
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. atkám atkáim
2nd person sing. atkád atkáid
3rd person sing. atkája atkái
1st person plural atkánk atkáink
2nd person plural atkátok atkáitok
3rd person plural atkájuk atkáik

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ atka 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, 2011–2025.
  2. ^ atka 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

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  • (insect): atka 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.
  • (piece of lime in clay; archaic, rare): atka 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.
  • atka in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2026).

Tocharian B

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Noun

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atka ?

  1. concentration (possibly)
  2. deception (possibly)

Further reading

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  • Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), “atka”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 10