vacak
Hungarian
Etymology
A semantic split from vacok (“tattered clothes; disorderly lair”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈvɒt͡sɒk]
- Hyphenation: va‧cak
- Rhymes: -ɒk
Adjective
vacak (comparative vacakabb, superlative legvacakabb)
- trashy, lousy, rotten, worthless, poor
- (of a person) despicable
- Synonyms: hitvány, semmirekellő
- (of an object) stupid, bad (emphasizing disparagement)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | vacak | vacakok |
| accusative | vacakot | vacakokat |
| dative | vacaknak | vacakoknak |
| instrumental | vacakkal | vacakokkal |
| causal-final | vacakért | vacakokért |
| translative | vacakká | vacakokká |
| terminative | vacakig | vacakokig |
| essive-formal | vacakként | vacakokként |
| essive-modal | vacakul | — |
| inessive | vacakban | vacakokban |
| superessive | vacakon | vacakokon |
| adessive | vacaknál | vacakoknál |
| illative | vacakba | vacakokba |
| sublative | vacakra | vacakokra |
| allative | vacakhoz | vacakokhoz |
| elative | vacakból | vacakokból |
| delative | vacakról | vacakokról |
| ablative | vacaktól | vacakoktól |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
vacaké | vacakoké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
vacakéi | vacakokéi |
Derived terms
- vacakság
Noun
vacak (plural vacakok or vackok)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | vacak | vacakok |
| accusative | vacakot | vacakokat |
| dative | vacaknak | vacakoknak |
| instrumental | vacakkal | vacakokkal |
| causal-final | vacakért | vacakokért |
| translative | vacakká | vacakokká |
| terminative | vacakig | vacakokig |
| essive-formal | vacakként | vacakokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | vacakban | vacakokban |
| superessive | vacakon | vacakokon |
| adessive | vacaknál | vacakoknál |
| illative | vacakba | vacakokba |
| sublative | vacakra | vacakokra |
| allative | vacakhoz | vacakokhoz |
| elative | vacakból | vacakokból |
| delative | vacakról | vacakokról |
| ablative | vacaktól | vacakoktól |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
vacaké | vacakoké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
vacakéi | vacakokéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | vacakom | vacakjaim |
| 2nd person sing. | vacakod | vacakjaid |
| 3rd person sing. | vacakja | vacakjai |
| 1st person plural | vacakunk | vacakjaink |
| 2nd person plural | vacakotok | vacakjaitok |
| 3rd person plural | vacakjuk | vacakjaik |
It may be a fleeting-vowel noun as well (somewhat folksy):
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | vacak | vackok |
| accusative | vackot | vackokat |
| dative | vacaknak | vackoknak |
| instrumental | vacakkal | vackokkal |
| causal-final | vacakért | vackokért |
| translative | vacakká | vackokká |
| terminative | vacakig | vackokig |
| essive-formal | vacakként | vackokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | vacakban | vackokban |
| superessive | vackon | vackokon |
| adessive | vacaknál | vackoknál |
| illative | vacakba | vackokba |
| sublative | vacakra | vackokra |
| allative | vacakhoz | vackokhoz |
| elative | vacakból | vackokból |
| delative | vacakról | vackokról |
| ablative | vacaktól | vackoktól |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
vacaké | vackoké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
vacakéi | vackokéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | vackom | vackaim |
| 2nd person sing. | vackod | vackaid |
| 3rd person sing. | vacka | vackai |
| 1st person plural | vackunk | vackaink |
| 2nd person plural | vackotok | vackaitok |
| 3rd person plural | vackuk | vackaik |
Derived terms
- vacakol
See also
- vacok (some of the fleeting-vowel forms of the above coincide with the forms of this noun)
References
- ^ vacak in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.
Further reading
- vacak 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.