duci

See also: dūci

English

Noun

duci

1. plural of duce

Hungarian

Etymology

First attested in 1786. A playful derivation from dúc (“crust (the round end of the bread)”) +‎ -i (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdut͡si]
• Hyphenation: du‧ci
• Rhymes: -t͡si

Adjective

duci (comparative ducibb, superlative legducibb)

1. (endearing) chubby (of a person, especially a woman or child: slightly overweight, somewhat fat, and hence plump, rounded, and soft)

   Synonyms: dundi, kövér

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	duci	ducik
accusative	ducit	ducikat
dative	ducinak	duciknak
instrumental	ducival	ducikkal
causal-final	duciért	ducikért
translative	ducivá	ducikká
terminative	duciig	ducikig
essive-formal	duciként	ducikként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	duciban	ducikban
superessive	ducin	ducikon
adessive	ducinál	duciknál
illative	duciba	ducikba
sublative	ducira	ducikra
allative	ducihoz	ducikhoz
elative	duciból	ducikból
delative	duciról	ducikról
ablative	ducitól	duciktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	ducié	duciké
non-attributive possessive – plural	duciéi	ducikéi

Noun

duci (plural ducik)

1. a chubby person, especially a woman or a child

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	duci	ducik
accusative	ducit	ducikat
dative	ducinak	duciknak
instrumental	ducival	ducikkal
causal-final	duciért	ducikért
translative	ducivá	ducikká
terminative	duciig	ducikig
essive-formal	duciként	ducikként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	duciban	ducikban
superessive	ducin	ducikon
adessive	ducinál	duciknál
illative	duciba	ducikba
sublative	ducira	ducikra
allative	ducihoz	ducikhoz
elative	duciból	ducikból
delative	duciról	ducikról
ablative	ducitól	duciktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	ducié	duciké
non-attributive possessive – plural	duciéi	ducikéi

Possessive forms of duci

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	ducim	ducijaim (or duciim)
2nd person sing.	ducid	ducijaid (or duciid)
3rd person sing.	ducija	ducijai (or ducii)
1st person plural	ducink	ducijaink (or duciink)
2nd person plural	ducitok	ducijaitok (or duciitok)
3rd person plural	ducijuk	ducijaik (or duciik)

Further reading

• duci 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).

Italian

Noun

duci m

1. plural of duce

Latin

Verb

dūcī

1. present passive infinitive of dūcō  "to be led, to be guided"

Noun

ducī

1. dative singular of dux

Latvian

Noun

duci m

1. vocative/accusative/instrumental singular of ducis

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dut͡ʃʲ]

Verb

duci

1. second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of duce

Sicilian

Alternative forms

• aruci (prothetic, rhotacized, South-eastern Sicily)
• dunci (-VlC- to -VnC- dialects, Central Sicily)

Etymology

From Latin dulcis (“sweet”). Compare Italian dolce, Neapolitan doce, Galician and Portuguese doce.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdu.ʃi/, [ˈdu.ʃɪ] (standard)
• IPA^(key): /(a)ˈɾu.ʃi/, [(a)ˈɾu.ʃɪ] (augmented, rhotacized)
• IPA^(key): /ˈdu.nt͡ʃi/, [ˈdu.nt͡ʃɪ] (central dialects)
• Rhymes: -uʃɪ, -unt͡ʃɪ
• Hyphenation: dù‧ci

Adjective

duci (feminine singular duci, masculine and feminine plural duci)

1. Of a pleasant taste induced by sugar.

   Nu pumu duci.

   a sweet apple

2. (of non-humans) Tasting of sugar.
3. Not of a salty taste.

   Pizza duci.

   Pizza sweet.

4. Of a pleasant smell.

   Chi ciàguru duci.

   What a sweet scent.

Derived terms

• cosi duci
• ducittu
• duciuzzu
• ducizza
• nnùciri

Descendants

• → Italian: duci (regional)

See also

• a-gustusu
• agru
• amaru
• gustusu
• salatu
• sapuri
• sapurusa
• tastari