pofa
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Hungarian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
pofa (plural pofák)
- (of animals) face, mouth, muzzle, snout (the protruding part of an animal's head which includes the nose, mouth and jaws)
- (of people, derogatory) face, mouth, gob, trap
- (derogatory, figurative) cheek, gall, nerve, audacity, temerity, effrontery
- Synonyms: szemtelenség, arcátlanság, (informal) kép
- (informal, often used with vág) grimace, facial expression
- Synonyms: arc, arckifejezés, fintor, grimasz, (informal) kép
- (colloquial) guy, fellow, bloke, dude, chap
Declension[edit]
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | pofa | pofák |
| accusative | pofát | pofákat |
| dative | pofának | pofáknak |
| instrumental | pofával | pofákkal |
| causal-final | pofáért | pofákért |
| translative | pofává | pofákká |
| terminative | pofáig | pofákig |
| essive-formal | pofaként | pofákként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | pofában | pofákban |
| superessive | pofán | pofákon |
| adessive | pofánál | pofáknál |
| illative | pofába | pofákba |
| sublative | pofára | pofákra |
| allative | pofához | pofákhoz |
| elative | pofából | pofákból |
| delative | pofáról | pofákról |
| ablative | pofától | pofáktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
pofáé | pofáké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
pofáéi | pofákéi |
| Possessive forms of pofa | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | pofám | pofáim |
| 2nd person sing. | pofád | pofáid |
| 3rd person sing. | pofája | pofái |
| 1st person plural | pofánk | pofáink |
| 2nd person plural | pofátok | pofáitok |
| 3rd person plural | pofájuk | pofáik |
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Further reading[edit]
- pofa 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