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Etymology
[edit]From the pillang variant of pillog (“to blink; twinkle, flicker”) + -ó (present participle suffix).[1][2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pillangó (plural pillangók)
- butterfly (a flying insect of the order Lepidoptera)
- (swimming, colloquial) butterfly, butterfly stroke
- Synonyms: pillangózás, pillangóúszás
- (euphemistic) woman of the street, woman of the town, lady of the night (a female prostitute)
- (dialectal) spangle, sequin (a small round piece of sparkling metallic material sewn on to a garment as decoration)
- Synonym: flitter
Declension
[edit]Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | pillangó | pillangók |
accusative | pillangót | pillangókat |
dative | pillangónak | pillangóknak |
instrumental | pillangóval | pillangókkal |
causal-final | pillangóért | pillangókért |
translative | pillangóvá | pillangókká |
terminative | pillangóig | pillangókig |
essive-formal | pillangóként | pillangókként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | pillangóban | pillangókban |
superessive | pillangón | pillangókon |
adessive | pillangónál | pillangóknál |
illative | pillangóba | pillangókba |
sublative | pillangóra | pillangókra |
allative | pillangóhoz | pillangókhoz |
elative | pillangóból | pillangókból |
delative | pillangóról | pillangókról |
ablative | pillangótól | pillangóktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
pillangóé | pillangóké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
pillangóéi | pillangókéi |
Possessive forms of pillangó | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | pillangóm | pillangóim |
2nd person sing. | pillangód | pillangóid |
3rd person sing. | pillangója | pillangói |
1st person plural | pillangónk | pillangóink |
2nd person plural | pillangótok | pillangóitok |
3rd person plural | pillangójuk | pillangóik |
Derived terms
[edit]Compound words
Expressions
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ pillangó in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
- ^ pillangó in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN
Further reading
[edit]- pillangó 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