pocok
See also: pöcök
Hungarian
Etymology
Probably borrowed from an East Slavic language.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpot͡sok]
- Hyphenation: po‧cok
- Rhymes: -ok
Noun
pocok (plural pockok)
- vole (a rodent from the subfamily Arvicolinae)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pocok | pockok |
| accusative | pockot | pockokat |
| dative | pocoknak | pockoknak |
| instrumental | pocokkal | pockokkal |
| causal-final | pocokért | pockokért |
| translative | pocokká | pockokká |
| terminative | pocokig | pockokig |
| essive-formal | pocokként | pockokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | pocokban | pockokban |
| superessive | pockon | pockokon |
| adessive | pocoknál | pockoknál |
| illative | pocokba | pockokba |
| sublative | pocokra | pockokra |
| allative | pocokhoz | pockokhoz |
| elative | pocokból | pockokból |
| delative | pocokról | pockokról |
| ablative | pocoktól | pockoktól |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
pocoké | pockoké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
pocokéi | pockokéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | pockom | pockaim |
| 2nd person sing. | pockod | pockaid |
| 3rd person sing. | pocka | pockai |
| 1st person plural | pockunk | pockaink |
| 2nd person plural | pockotok | pockaitok |
| 3rd person plural | pockuk | pockaik |
The third-person singular (single possession) form may also be pocokja and the multiple-possessions forms as follows:
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | — | pocokjaim |
| 2nd person sing. | — | pocokjaid |
| 3rd person sing. | — | pocokjai |
| 1st person plural | — | pocokjaink |
| 2nd person plural | — | pocokjaitok |
| 3rd person plural | — | pocokjaik |
For the accusative singular, rarely the form pocokot occurs, as well[1] (especially as a pet name[2]).
Derived terms
Compound words
- pézsmapocok
Expressions
- csalitjáró pocok
- közönséges földipocok
- mezei pocok
References
- ^ pocok 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
- (vole, field mouse): pocok 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.
- ([dialectal] hoist, winch, jack): pocok 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.
Middle English
Noun
pocok
- alternative form of pecok