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csillag

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Hungarian

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 csillag on Hungarian Wikipedia

Etymology

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From Proto-Finno-Ugric *ćelke- (sparkle) + -g (noun-forming suffix).[1][2]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃilːɒɡ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɒɡ
  • Hyphenation: csil‧lag

Noun

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csillag (plural csillagok)

  1. (astronomy) star (celestial body)
    A Szíriusz a legfényesebb csillag az égen.Sirius is the brightest star in the sky.
  2. star, asterisk (symbol)
    Hol van a csillag a billentyűzeten?Where is the asterisk on the keyboard?
  3. star (a person or thing held as a positive example; a celebrity)
    Ő a városunk csillaga.She's our city's pride.
  4. luck
    Alkonyulóban van a csillaga.He's getting unlucky.
  5. (endearing, only in the 1st-person possessive) my dear, darling (addressing a person [or sometimes an animal] in a close relationship); girlfriend, boyfriend, child
    Gyere ide, csillagom!Come here my dear.

Declension

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Possessive forms of csillag
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. csillagom csillagaim
2nd person sing. csillagod csillagaid
3rd person sing. csillaga csillagai
1st person plural csillagunk csillagaink
2nd person plural csillagotok csillagaitok
3rd person plural csillaguk csillagaik

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Entry #84 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. ^ csillag 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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  • csillag 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.
  • csillag 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).