kalmár
Hungarian
Etymology
First attested in 1304. Borrowed from German Krämer.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkɒlmaːr]
- Hyphenation: kal‧már
- Rhymes: -aːr
Noun
kalmár
- (dated) merchant
- Synonym: kereskedő
- (derogatory, attributively) profiteer, wheeler-dealer
- Synonym: üzérkedő
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | kalmár | kalmárok |
| accusative | kalmárt | kalmárokat |
| dative | kalmárnak | kalmároknak |
| instrumental | kalmárral | kalmárokkal |
| causal-final | kalmárért | kalmárokért |
| translative | kalmárrá | kalmárokká |
| terminative | kalmárig | kalmárokig |
| essive-formal | kalmárként | kalmárokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | kalmárban | kalmárokban |
| superessive | kalmáron | kalmárokon |
| adessive | kalmárnál | kalmároknál |
| illative | kalmárba | kalmárokba |
| sublative | kalmárra | kalmárokra |
| allative | kalmárhoz | kalmárokhoz |
| elative | kalmárból | kalmárokból |
| delative | kalmárról | kalmárokról |
| ablative | kalmártól | kalmároktól |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
kalmáré | kalmároké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
kalmáréi | kalmárokéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | kalmárom | kalmárjaim |
| 2nd person sing. | kalmárod | kalmárjaid |
| 3rd person sing. | kalmárja | kalmárjai |
| 1st person plural | kalmárunk | kalmárjaink |
| 2nd person plural | kalmárotok | kalmárjaitok |
| 3rd person plural | kalmárjuk | kalmárjaik |
Derived terms
- kalmárkodik
- kalmárlelkű
- kalmárszellem
References
- ^ kalmár 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
- kalmár 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.