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réce

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See also: rece, recé, ręce, and Rece

Hungarian

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 récefélék on Hungarian Wikipedia

Etymology

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A derived word but the method of derivation is uncertain. Its stem is perhaps the unattested front-vowel variant of the duck-calling word ruc + -e (diminutive suffix). Another possibility is that it's from the stem of the dialectal receg (to quack) +‎ -e (participle suffix). Its original form was rece.[1] Certain Slavic and other languages have similar words that may have formed independently of Hungarian. Compare Serbo-Croatian raca, Romani ratsoy, Albanian rosë, dialectal German Rätsche (duck), Romanian rață, Friulian raze, Occitan rit.[2]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈreːt͡sɛ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ré‧ce
  • Rhymes: -t͡sɛ

Noun

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réce (plural récék)

  1. duck, teal (any of various small freshwater ducks of the genus Anas)
    Synonym: kacsa

Declension

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Possessive forms of réce
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. récém récéim
2nd person sing. récéd récéid
3rd person sing. récéje récéi
1st person plural récénk récéink
2nd person plural récétek récéitek
3rd person plural récéjük récéik

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ réce 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.)
  2. ^ réce in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN

Further reading

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  • réce 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.