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kapitány

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Hungarian

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 kapitány on Hungarian Wikipedia

Etymology

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A wanderword, via German Kapitän and Italian capitano.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈkɒpitaːɲ]
  • Hyphenation: ka‧pi‧tány
  • Rhymes: -aːɲ

Noun

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kapitány (plural kapitányok)

  1. captain (a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore and rear admiral)
  2. captain (one of the athletes on a sports team who is designated to make decisions, and is allowed to speak for his team with a referee or official.)
  3. (historical) commander of a fortress

Declension

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Possessive forms of kapitány
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. kapitányom kapitányaim
2nd person sing. kapitányod kapitányaid
3rd person sing. kapitánya kapitányai
1st person plural kapitányunk kapitányaink
2nd person plural kapitányotok kapitányaitok
3rd person plural kapitányuk kapitányaik

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ kapitány 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, 2011–2025.

Further reading

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  • kapitány 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.