csip

See also: csíp

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃip]
• Rhymes: -ip

Etymology 1

From English chip.

Noun

csip (plural csipek)

1. (electronics) chip (a circuit fabricated in one piece on a small, thin substrate)

   Synonym: (“chip” is superseded) lapka

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	csip	csipek
accusative	csipet	csipeket
dative	csipnek	csipeknek
instrumental	csippel	csipekkel
causal-final	csipért	csipekért
translative	csippé	csipekké
terminative	csipig	csipekig
essive-formal	csipként	csipekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	csipben	csipekben
superessive	csipen	csipeken
adessive	csipnél	csipeknél
illative	csipbe	csipekbe
sublative	csipre	csipekre
allative	csiphez	csipekhez
elative	csipből	csipekből
delative	csipről	csipekről
ablative	csiptől	csipektől
non-attributive possessive – singular	csipé	csipeké
non-attributive possessive – plural	csipéi	csipekéi

Possessive forms of csip

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	csipem	csipjeim
2nd person sing.	csiped	csipjeid
3rd person sing.	csipje	csipjei
1st person plural	csipünk	csipjeink
2nd person plural	csipetek	csipjeitek
3rd person plural	csipjük	csipjeik

Etymology 2

An onomatopoeia.

Interjection

csip

1. chirp, tweet (the characteristic sound of a young chicken or a small bird)
   • (Can we date this quote?), Csanádi Imre, Hangverseny (Concert)‎^[1]:

     Csibe mondja: csip, csip, csip! / Jön a kánya, nyakon csíp!

     The chick says: chirp, chirp, chirp! / The kite is coming and will seize you by the collar!

Further reading

• csip 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 2024).