bors
English
Noun
bors
- plural of bor
Anagrams
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch borst, from Middle Dutch borst, from Old Dutch brust, from Proto-Germanic *brusts, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrews- (“to swell, blow, inflate”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɔ(ː)rs/
Audio: (file)
Noun
bors (plural borste, diminutive borsie)
Albanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From borë (“snow”) (var. vdor, zborë).
Noun
bors m (plural borsa, definite borsi, definite plural borsat)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | bors | borsi | borsa | borsat |
| accusative | borsin | |||
| dative | borsi | borsit | borsave | borsave |
| ablative | borsash | |||
Danish
Noun
bors n
Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowed from a Turkic language before the times of the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin (at the turn of the 9th and 10th centuries). Compare Chuvash пӑрӑҫ (părăś), dialectal Ottoman Turkish برج (burc), from an Iranian language[1] (see Persian مرچ (murč) for more).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈborʃ]
- Hyphenation: bors
- Rhymes: -orʃ
Noun
bors (plural borsok)
- pepper (spice)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | bors | borsok |
| accusative | borsot | borsokat |
| dative | borsnak | borsoknak |
| instrumental | borssal | borsokkal |
| causal-final | borsért | borsokért |
| translative | borssá | borsokká |
| terminative | borsig | borsokig |
| essive-formal | borsként | borsokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | borsban | borsokban |
| superessive | borson | borsokon |
| adessive | borsnál | borsoknál |
| illative | borsba | borsokba |
| sublative | borsra | borsokra |
| allative | borshoz | borsokhoz |
| elative | borsból | borsokból |
| delative | borsról | borsokról |
| ablative | borstól | borsoktól |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
borsé | borsoké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
borséi | borsokéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | borsom | borsaim |
| 2nd person sing. | borsod | borsaid |
| 3rd person sing. | borsa | borsai |
| 1st person plural | borsunk | borsaink |
| 2nd person plural | borsotok | borsaitok |
| 3rd person plural | borsuk | borsaik |
Derived terms
- borsika
- borsos
- borsoz
Compound words
Expressions
- borsot tör az orra alá
- kicsi a bors, de erős
References
- ^ bors 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.)
Further reading
- bors 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.
- bors in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).
- Róna-Tas, András ((Can we date this quote?)) “A Hungarian word of Turkic origin coming from India: bors ‘pepper’”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[1], archived from the original on 1 December 2020
Icelandic
Noun
bors
- indefinite genitive singular of bor
Latvian
Etymology
From the stem of boraks.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [bɔːrs]
Audio: (file)
Noun
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| B | |
| Previous: berilijs (Be) | |
| Next: ogleklis (C) | |
bors m (1st declension)
- boron (chemical element, a metalloid, with atomic number 5)
- bora savienojumi ― boron compounds
- bora mēslojums ― boron fertilizers
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | bors | — |
| genitive | bora | — |
| dative | boram | — |
| accusative | boru | — |
| instrumental | boru | — |
| locative | borā | — |
| vocative | bor | — |
Swedish
Noun
bors