jegec
Hungarian
Etymology
First attested in 1842. From jég (“ice”) + -e- + -c (noun-forming suffix). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈjɛɡɛt͡s]
- Hyphenation: je‧gec
- Rhymes: -ɛt͡s
Noun
jegec
- (obsolete) crystal
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | jegec | jegecek |
| accusative | jegecet | jegeceket |
| dative | jegecnek | jegeceknek |
| instrumental | jegeccel | jegecekkel |
| causal-final | jegecért | jegecekért |
| translative | jegeccé | jegecekké |
| terminative | jegecig | jegecekig |
| essive-formal | jegecként | jegecekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | jegecben | jegecekben |
| superessive | jegecen | jegeceken |
| adessive | jegecnél | jegeceknél |
| illative | jegecbe | jegecekbe |
| sublative | jegecre | jegecekre |
| allative | jegechez | jegecekhez |
| elative | jegecből | jegecekből |
| delative | jegecről | jegecekről |
| ablative | jegectől | jegecektől |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
jegecé | jegeceké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
jegecéi | jegecekéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | jegecem | jegeceim |
| 2nd person sing. | jegeced | jegeceid |
| 3rd person sing. | jegece | jegecei |
| 1st person plural | jegecünk | jegeceink |
| 2nd person plural | jegecetek | jegeceitek |
| 3rd person plural | jegecük | jegeceik |
Derived terms
- jegeces → jegecesedik → kijegecesedik
References
- ^ jegec 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
- jegec 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.