colstok
Hungarian
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Etymology
Borrowed from German Zollstock (“rule, folding rule”), from Zoll (“inch”) + Stock (“stick, staff”). First attested in 1833.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
colstok (plural colstokok)
Declension
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | colstok | colstokok |
accusative | colstokot | colstokokat |
dative | colstoknak | colstokoknak |
instrumental | colstokkal | colstokokkal |
causal-final | colstokért | colstokokért |
translative | colstokká | colstokokká |
terminative | colstokig | colstokokig |
essive-formal | colstokként | colstokokként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | colstokban | colstokokban |
superessive | colstokon | colstokokon |
adessive | colstoknál | colstokoknál |
illative | colstokba | colstokokba |
sublative | colstokra | colstokokra |
allative | colstokhoz | colstokokhoz |
elative | colstokból | colstokokból |
delative | colstokról | colstokokról |
ablative | colstoktól | colstokoktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
colstoké | colstokoké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
colstokéi | colstokokéi |
Possessive forms of colstok | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | colstokom | colstokjaim |
2nd person sing. | colstokod | colstokjaid |
3rd person sing. | colstokja | colstokjai |
1st person plural | colstokunk | colstokjaink |
2nd person plural | colstokotok | colstokjaitok |
3rd person plural | colstokjuk | colstokjaik |
References
- ^ colstok 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.)