homok
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Hungarian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
A very old borrowing from a Turkic language, compare Southern Altai кумак (kumak, “qumaq”), Yakut кумах (kumaq, “sand”), from Proto-Turkic *kum (“sand”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
homok (plural homokok)
- sand (rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt, forming beaches and deserts and also used in construction)
Declension[edit]
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | homok | homokok |
| accusative | homokot | homokokat |
| dative | homoknak | homokoknak |
| instrumental | homokkal | homokokkal |
| causal-final | homokért | homokokért |
| translative | homokká | homokokká |
| terminative | homokig | homokokig |
| essive-formal | homokként | homokokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | homokban | homokokban |
| superessive | homokon | homokokon |
| adessive | homoknál | homokoknál |
| illative | homokba | homokokba |
| sublative | homokra | homokokra |
| allative | homokhoz | homokokhoz |
| elative | homokból | homokokból |
| delative | homokról | homokokról |
| ablative | homoktól | homokoktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
homoké | homokoké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
homokéi | homokokéi |
| Possessive forms of homok | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | homokom | homokjaim |
| 2nd person sing. | homokod | homokjaid |
| 3rd person sing. | homokja | homokjai |
| 1st person plural | homokunk | homokjaink |
| 2nd person plural | homokotok | homokjaitok |
| 3rd person plural | homokjuk | homokjaik |
Derived terms[edit]
Compound words
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Further reading[edit]
- homok in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN