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See also: Brazil
English
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[edit]Noun
[edit]brazil (plural brazils)
- (obsolete) A red-orange dye obtained from brazil wood. [14th–17th c.]
- 1627, Francis Bacon, Sylva sylvarum:
- A small Quantity of Saffron will Tinct more then a very great Quantity of Brasil.
- The hard, brown wood of a certain species of the tribe Caesalpinieae; originally sappan (Biancaea sappan), of the East Indies, and later brazilwood, Paubrasilia echinata. [from 15th c.]
- 1594, Thomas Blundeville, Exercises:
- The Prouince Brasilia tooke his name of the woode called Brasill.
- 1886, Francis Quarles, Emblems:
- Thou know'st my brittle temper's prone to break.
Are my bones brazil or my flesh of oak?
- 2002, Victoria Finlay, Colour, Sceptre, published 2003, page 198:
- [P]ernambucco – the finest brasil from Brazil, so strong it almost resembles iron – became the favoured material for good bows.
- A Brazil nut.
- I picked up a handful of brazils from the bowl.
- A seam of coal containing iron pyrites
Derived terms
[edit]Hungarian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]brazil (not comparable)
- Brazilian (of, from, or relating to Brazil, or the Brazilian people)
Noun
[edit]brazil (plural brazilok)
- Brazilian (a person from Brazil or of Brazilian descent)
Declension
[edit]Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | brazil | brazilok |
accusative | brazilt | brazilokat |
dative | brazilnak | braziloknak |
instrumental | brazillal | brazilokkal |
causal-final | brazilért | brazilokért |
translative | brazillá | brazilokká |
terminative | brazilig | brazilokig |
essive-formal | brazilként | brazilokként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | brazilban | brazilokban |
superessive | brazilon | brazilokon |
adessive | brazilnál | braziloknál |
illative | brazilba | brazilokba |
sublative | brazilra | brazilokra |
allative | brazilhoz | brazilokhoz |
elative | brazilból | brazilokból |
delative | brazilról | brazilokról |
ablative | braziltól | braziloktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
brazilé | braziloké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
braziléi | brazilokéi |
Possessive forms of brazil | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | brazilom | braziljaim |
2nd person sing. | brazilod | braziljaid |
3rd person sing. | brazilja | braziljai |
1st person plural | brazilunk | braziljaink |
2nd person plural | brazilotok | braziljaitok |
3rd person plural | braziljuk | braziljaik |
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- brazil 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)
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