duci

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English

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Noun

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duci

  1. plural of duce

Hungarian

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Etymology

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First attested in 1786. A playful derivation from dúc (crust (the round end of the bread)) +‎ -i (diminutive suffix).[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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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

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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

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duci (plural ducik)

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

Declension

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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)

References

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  1. ^ duci in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.
  2. ^ duci 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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  • 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 2024).

Italian

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Noun

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duci m

  1. plural of duce

Latin

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Verb

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dūcī

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

Noun

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ducī

  1. dative singular of dux

Latvian

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Noun

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duci m

  1. vocative/accusative/instrumental singular of ducis

Romanian

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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duci

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

Sicilian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin dulcis (sweet). Compare Italian dolce, Neapolitan doce.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdu.(t)ʃi/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /aˈɾu.ʃi/ (augmented, rhotacized)
  • Hyphenation: dù‧ci

Adjective

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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

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Descendants

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  • Italian: duci (regional)

See also

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