colstok
Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowed from German Zollstock (“rule, folding rule”), from Zoll (“inch”) + Stock (“stick, staff”). First attested in 1833.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈt͡solʃtok]
- Hyphenation: col‧stok
- Rhymes: -ok
Noun
colstok (plural colstokok)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | colstok | colstokok |
| accusative | colstokot | colstokokat |
| dative | colstoknak | colstokoknak |
| instrumental | colstokkal | colstokokkal |
| causal-final | colstokért | colstokokért |
| translative | colstokká | colstokokká |
| terminative | colstokig | colstokokig |
| essive-formal | colstokként | colstokokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | colstokban | colstokokban |
| superessive | colstokon | colstokokon |
| adessive | colstoknál | colstokoknál |
| illative | colstokba | colstokokba |
| sublative | colstokra | colstokokra |
| allative | colstokhoz | colstokokhoz |
| elative | colstokból | colstokokból |
| delative | colstokról | colstokokról |
| ablative | colstoktól | colstokoktól |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
colstoké | colstokoké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
colstokéi | colstokokéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | colstokom | colstokjaim |
| 2nd person sing. | colstokod | colstokjaid |
| 3rd person sing. | colstokja | colstokjai |
| 1st person plural | colstokunk | colstokjaink |
| 2nd person plural | colstokotok | colstokjaitok |
| 3rd person plural | colstokjuk | colstokjaik |
References
- ^ colstok 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
- colstok 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.
- colstok 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).