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kalapács

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Hungarian

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kalapács

Etymology

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From a Slavic language. Compare Slovene klepač (scythe hammer), Ukrainian dialectal клепач (klepáč, hammer), from Proto-Slavic *klepati (to beat, knock).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈkɒlɒpaːt͡ʃ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aːt͡ʃ
  • Hyphenation: ka‧la‧pács

Noun

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kalapács (plural kalapácsok)

  1. hammer
  2. (anatomy) malleus
  3. gavel (wooden mallet, used by a courtroom judge, or by a committee chairman, struck against a sounding block to quieten those present, or by an auctioneer to accept the highest bid at auction)

Declension

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Possessive forms of kalapács
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. kalapácsom kalapácsaim
2nd person sing. kalapácsod kalapácsaid
3rd person sing. kalapácsa kalapácsai
1st person plural kalapácsunk kalapácsaink
2nd person plural kalapácsotok kalapácsaitok
3rd person plural kalapácsuk kalapácsaik

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • kalapács 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.