katáng

Hungarian

katáng

Alternative forms

• (rare) katang

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Kipchak [script needed] (kataγan, “common chicory; endive”) and Yakut [script needed] (kı̈tı̈an, “common juniper”), from Old Turkic [script needed] (*qat, “berry”) + [script needed] (-γan, nominal suffix). Compare also Turkmen [script needed] (gataŋŋir, “a particular plant”), Tatar [script needed] (qatı̈rgan, “hawthorn”) (dialectal), Kyrgyz [script needed] (qatrang, “a particular berry plant”) (dialectal). First attested in c. 1395.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɒtaːŋɡ]
• Hyphenation: ka‧táng
• Rhymes: -aːŋɡ

Noun

katáng (plural katángok)

1. (broadly) chicory (Cichorium)

   Synonym: cikória

   1. (especially) common chicory (Cichorium intybus)

      Synonyms: katángkóró, mezei katáng

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	katáng	katángok
accusative	katángot	katángokat
dative	katángnak	katángoknak
instrumental	katánggal	katángokkal
causal-final	katángért	katángokért
translative	katánggá	katángokká
terminative	katángig	katángokig
essive-formal	katángként	katángokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	katángban	katángokban
superessive	katángon	katángokon
adessive	katángnál	katángoknál
illative	katángba	katángokba
sublative	katángra	katángokra
allative	katánghoz	katángokhoz
elative	katángból	katángokból
delative	katángról	katángokról
ablative	katángtól	katángoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	katángé	katángoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	katángéi	katángokéi

Possessive forms of katáng
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	katángom	katángjaim
2nd person sing.	katángod	katángjaid
3rd person sing.	katángja	katángjai
1st person plural	katángunk	katángjaink
2nd person plural	katángotok	katángjaitok
3rd person plural	katángjuk	katángjaik

Derived terms

• katángos

 

Compound words

• cikóriakatáng (Cichorium intybus var. sativum)
• endíviakatáng (Cichorium endivia)
• katánggyökér
• katángkóró (Cichorium intybus)
• katánglevél
• salátakatáng (Cichorium endivia)

 

Expresssions

• mezei katáng (Cichorium intybus)

 

Further reading

• katáng 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