zerge

Hungarian

Etymology

First attested in 1722. Probably a loanword but of uncertain origin. Compare words in Turkic languages denoting '(castrated) billy goat', e.g. Kazakh серке (serke), Tuvan серге (serge), Uzbek serka.^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈzɛrɡɛ]
Hyphenation: zer‧ge
Rhymes: -ɡɛ

Noun

zerge (plural zergék)

chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	zerge	zergék
accusative	zergét	zergéket
dative	zergének	zergéknek
instrumental	zergével	zergékkel
causal-final	zergéért	zergékért
translative	zergévé	zergékké
terminative	zergéig	zergékig
essive-formal	zergeként	zergékként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	zergében	zergékben
superessive	zergén	zergéken
adessive	zergénél	zergéknél
illative	zergébe	zergékbe
sublative	zergére	zergékre
allative	zergéhez	zergékhez
elative	zergéből	zergékből
delative	zergéről	zergékről
ablative	zergétől	zergéktől
non-attributive possessive – singular	zergéé	zergéké
non-attributive possessive – plural	zergééi	zergékéi

Possessive forms of *zerge*
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	zergém	zergéim
2nd person sing.	zergéd	zergéid
3rd person sing.	zergéje	zergéi
1st person plural	zergénk	zergéink
2nd person plural	zergétek	zergéitek
3rd person plural	zergéjük	zergéik

References

^ zerge 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.)
^ zerge 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.