Fokváros

Hungarian

Etymology

From fok (cape) +‎ város (city, town); calque of German Kapstadt (Cape Town) (from Kap (cape) +‎ Stadt (city, town)).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfokvaːroʃ]
  • Hyphenation: Fok‧vá‧ros
  • Rhymes: -oʃ

Proper noun

Fokváros

  1. Cape Town (the legislative capital of South Africa)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative Fokváros
accusative Fokvárost
dative Fokvárosnak
instrumental Fokvárossal
causal-final Fokvárosért
translative Fokvárossá
terminative Fokvárosig
essive-formal Fokvárosként
essive-modal
inessive Fokvárosban
superessive Fokvároson
adessive Fokvárosnál
illative Fokvárosba
sublative Fokvárosra
allative Fokvároshoz
elative Fokvárosból
delative Fokvárosról
ablative Fokvárostól
non-attributive
possessive – singular
Fokvárosé
non-attributive
possessive – plural
Fokvároséi
Possessive forms of Fokváros
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Fokvárosom
2nd person sing. Fokvárosod
3rd person sing. Fokvárosa
1st person plural Fokvárosunk
2nd person plural Fokvárosotok
3rd person plural Fokvárosuk

Derived terms

  • fokvárosi

References

  1. ^ Lajos Kiss (Q1111850). Földrajzi nevek etimológiai szótára (’An Etymological Dictionary of Geographical Names / Toponyms’). Budapest, Akadémiai Kiadó, 1980, page 223. →ISBN