pocak

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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Probably from Old Hungarian poc (belly) (of unknown origin) + -k (diminutive suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈpot͡sɒk]
  • Hyphenation: po‧cak
  • Rhymes: -ɒk

Noun

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pocak (plural pocakok)

  1. (colloquial, humorous) potbelly, belly, paunch (a protruding abdomen of a human)

Declension

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Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative pocak pocakok
accusative pocakot pocakokat
dative pocaknak pocakoknak
instrumental pocakkal pocakokkal
causal-final pocakért pocakokért
translative pocakká pocakokká
terminative pocakig pocakokig
essive-formal pocakként pocakokként
essive-modal
inessive pocakban pocakokban
superessive pocakon pocakokon
adessive pocaknál pocakoknál
illative pocakba pocakokba
sublative pocakra pocakokra
allative pocakhoz pocakokhoz
elative pocakból pocakokból
delative pocakról pocakokról
ablative pocaktól pocakoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
pocaké pocakoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
pocakéi pocakokéi
Possessive forms of pocak
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. pocakom pocakjaim
2nd person sing. pocakod pocakjaid
3rd person sing. pocakja pocakjai
1st person plural pocakunk pocakjaink
2nd person plural pocakotok pocakjaitok
3rd person plural pocakjuk pocakjaik

Derived terms

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Compound words
Expressions

References

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  1. ^ pocak 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.)

Further reading

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  • pocak 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