-ocska
See also: ócska
Hungarian
Etymology
From -o- (linking vowel) + -cska (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ot͡ʃkɒ]
Suffix
-ocska
Usage notes
- (diminutive suffix) Variants:
- -cska is added to back-vowel words ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-.
- -cske is added to front-vowel words ending in a vowel. Final -e changes to -é-.
- szellő (“breeze”) + -cske → szellőcske (“a tiny breeze”)
- mese (“tale, fable”) + -cske → mesécske (“a small fable”)
- -ocska is added to some back-vowel words ending in a consonant
- hullám (“wave”) + -ocska → hullámocska (“wavelet”)
- szobor (“statue”) + -ocska → szobrocska (“statuette”)
- -acska is added to other back-vowel words ending in a consonant
- -ecske is added to unrounded (and some rounded) front-vowel words ending in a consonant
- csepp (“drop”) + -ecske → cseppecske (“droplet”)
- könyv (“book”) + -ecske → könyvecske (“little book, booklet”)
- -öcske is added to most rounded front-vowel words ending in a consonant
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | -ocska | -ocskák |
| accusative | -ocskát | -ocskákat |
| dative | -ocskának | -ocskáknak |
| instrumental | -ocskával | -ocskákkal |
| causal-final | -ocskáért | -ocskákért |
| translative | -ocskává | -ocskákká |
| terminative | -ocskáig | -ocskákig |
| essive-formal | -ocskaként | -ocskákként |
| essive-modal | -ocskául | -ocskákul |
| inessive | -ocskában | -ocskákban |
| superessive | -ocskán | -ocskákon |
| adessive | -ocskánál | -ocskáknál |
| illative | -ocskába | -ocskákba |
| sublative | -ocskára | -ocskákra |
| allative | -ocskához | -ocskákhoz |
| elative | -ocskából | -ocskákból |
| delative | -ocskáról | -ocskákról |
| ablative | -ocskától | -ocskáktól |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
-ocskáé | -ocskáké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
-ocskáéi | -ocskákéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | -ocskám | -ocskáim |
| 2nd person sing. | -ocskád | -ocskáid |
| 3rd person sing. | -ocskája | -ocskái |
| 1st person plural | -ocskánk | -ocskáink |
| 2nd person plural | -ocskátok | -ocskáitok |
| 3rd person plural | -ocskájuk | -ocskáik |
Derived terms
Hungarian diminutive nouns suffixed with -ocska
See also
- Appendix:Hungarian suffixes