malac

Hungarian

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Slovene. Compare Slovene mládec (“young man”)^[1] (plural mládci, which may be the direct source of the Hungarian form), mladič (“young animal”), and mlad (“young”). Compare also Serbo-Croatian mládac, mlàdīć.

For sense 3, compare German Schwein haben (“to have a swine/to be lucky”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɒlɒt͡s]
• Hyphenation: ma‧lac
• Rhymes: -ɒt͡s

Noun

malac (plural malacok)

1. pig, piglet (a young pig)

   Synonyms: (adult pig) disznó, sertés

2. (derogatory) pig (a sloppy, dirty, improperly eating child; a foul-mouthed adult)
3. (humorous, with a possessive suffix, construed with van (“to have”)) luck

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	malac	malacok
accusative	malacot	malacokat
dative	malacnak	malacoknak
instrumental	malaccal	malacokkal
causal-final	malacért	malacokért
translative	malaccá	malacokká
terminative	malacig	malacokig
essive-formal	malacként	malacokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	malacban	malacokban
superessive	malacon	malacokon
adessive	malacnál	malacoknál
illative	malacba	malacokba
sublative	malacra	malacokra
allative	malachoz	malacokhoz
elative	malacból	malacokból
delative	malacról	malacokról
ablative	malactól	malacoktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	malacé	malacoké
non-attributive possessive – plural	malacéi	malacokéi

Possessive forms of malac

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	malacom	malacaim
2nd person sing.	malacod	malacaid
3rd person sing.	malaca	malacai
1st person plural	malacunk	malacaink
2nd person plural	malacotok	malacaitok
3rd person plural	malacuk	malacaik

Derived terms

• malacka
• malackodik
• malacság

Compound words

• földimalac
• kismalac
• konyhamalac
• malacpersely
• tengerimalac

Expressions

• küzd, mint malac a jégen

Adjective

malac (comparative malacabb, superlative legmalacabb)

1. (derogatory, of a child) dirty
2. (derogatory) dirty, naughty, obscene, foul-mouthed

   malac történetek ― dirty stories

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	malac	malacok
accusative	malacot	malacokat
dative	malacnak	malacoknak
instrumental	malaccal	malacokkal
causal-final	malacért	malacokért
translative	malaccá	malacokká
terminative	malacig	malacokig
essive-formal	malacként	malacokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	malacban	malacokban
superessive	malacon	malacokon
adessive	malacnál	malacoknál
illative	malacba	malacokba
sublative	malacra	malacokra
allative	malachoz	malacokhoz
elative	malacból	malacokból
delative	malacról	malacokról
ablative	malactól	malacoktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	malacé	malacoké
non-attributive possessive – plural	malacéi	malacokéi

Further reading

• malac 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.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Bulgarian малак (malak, “water buffalo calf”), from Ottoman Turkish معلق (malak, “water buffalo calf”), from Greek μαλακός (malakós, “soft, gentle”).

Noun

malac m (plural malaci)

1. water buffalo calf
2. big and sluggish man

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	malac	malacul	malaci	malacii
genitive-dative	malac	malacului	malaci	malacilor
vocative	malacule		malacilor