politikus

See also: politiķus and pólitíkus

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch politicus, from Latin polīticus, from Ancient Greek πολιτικός (politikós).

Pronunciation

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Noun

politikus (plural politici)

1. politician

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin polīticus, from Ancient Greek πολιτικός (politikós, “of citizens or the state”). With -ikus ending.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpolitikuʃ]
• Hyphenation: po‧li‧ti‧kus
• Rhymes: -uʃ

Noun

politikus (plural politikusok)

1. politician

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	politikus	politikusok
accusative	politikust	politikusokat
dative	politikusnak	politikusoknak
instrumental	politikussal	politikusokkal
causal-final	politikusért	politikusokért
translative	politikussá	politikusokká
terminative	politikusig	politikusokig
essive-formal	politikusként	politikusokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	politikusban	politikusokban
superessive	politikuson	politikusokon
adessive	politikusnál	politikusoknál
illative	politikusba	politikusokba
sublative	politikusra	politikusokra
allative	politikushoz	politikusokhoz
elative	politikusból	politikusokból
delative	politikusról	politikusokról
ablative	politikustól	politikusoktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	politikusé	politikusoké
non-attributive possessive – plural	politikuséi	politikusokéi

Possessive forms of politikus

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	politikusom	politikusaim
2nd person sing.	politikusod	politikusaid
3rd person sing.	politikusa	politikusai
1st person plural	politikusunk	politikusaink
2nd person plural	politikusotok	politikusaitok
3rd person plural	politikusuk	politikusaik

Related terms

• politika
• politizál

See also

• Appendix:Hungarian words ending in -ikus

Further reading

• politikus 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.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay politikus, from Dutch politicus, from Latin polīticus, from Ancient Greek πολιτικός (politikós).

The derogatory sense is from rebracketing to poli- (“many”) +‎ tikus (“rat”) or politik (“politics”) +‎ tikus (“rat”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /poliˈtikus/ [po.liˈt̪i.kʊs]
• Rhymes: -ikus
• Syllabification: po‧li‧ti‧kus

Noun

politikus (plural politikus-politikus)

1. politician

   Synonym: politisi

2. (derogatory, slang) corrupt politician

Related terms

• apolitis
• politik
• politis
• politisi

Further reading

• “politikus”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Malay

Etymology

From Dutch politicus, from Latin polīticus, from Ancient Greek πολιτικός (politikós). First attested directly as politicus in the Kitab Vortaro in 1923.

The derogatory sense of this word is derived from another word, tikus (“mouse”), implying that the mentioned politician is a coward.

Noun

politikus (Jawi spelling ڤوليتيکوس, plural politikus-politikus or politikus²)

1. politician

   Synonym: ahli politik

   • 1993, “Anak-Anak Kita [Our Children]”, performed by M. Nasir:

     Selamatkan anak kita
     Orde baru politikus usang

     Save our children
     new order, [but same] old politicians

2. (derogatory, politics, slang) corrupt or unpopular politician

Related terms

• polikatak (“frog politician, a politician who jumps to another party”) (neologism, derogatory)

Further reading

• "politikus" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017