morc

Hungarian

Etymology

First attested in 1773. Back-formation from morcan (to grump). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmort͡s]
  • Hyphenation: morc
  • Rhymes: -ort͡s

Adjective

morc (comparative morcabb, superlative legmorcabb)

  1. grumpy
  2. morose

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative morc morcak
accusative morcat morcakat
dative morcnak morcaknak
instrumental morccal morcakkal
causal-final morcért morcakért
translative morccá morcakká
terminative morcig morcakig
essive-formal morcként morcakként
essive-modal
inessive morcban morcakban
superessive morcon morcakon
adessive morcnál morcaknál
illative morcba morcakba
sublative morcra morcakra
allative morchoz morcakhoz
elative morcból morcakból
delative morcról morcakról
ablative morctól morcaktól
non-attributive
possessive – singular
morcé morcaké
non-attributive
possessive – plural
morcéi morcakéi

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ morc 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

  • morc 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.