kovács
Hungarian
Etymology
From a Slavic language, from Proto-Slavic *kovačь (compare Bulgarian ковач (kovač), Serbo-Croatian kovač, Slovak kováč (“blacksmith”)), from Proto-Slavic *kovati (“to forge”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkovaːt͡ʃ]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ko‧vács
- Rhymes: -aːt͡ʃ
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | kovács | kovácsok |
| accusative | kovácsot | kovácsokat |
| dative | kovácsnak | kovácsoknak |
| instrumental | kováccsal | kovácsokkal |
| causal-final | kovácsért | kovácsokért |
| translative | kováccsá | kovácsokká |
| terminative | kovácsig | kovácsokig |
| essive-formal | kovácsként | kovácsokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | kovácsban | kovácsokban |
| superessive | kovácson | kovácsokon |
| adessive | kovácsnál | kovácsoknál |
| illative | kovácsba | kovácsokba |
| sublative | kovácsra | kovácsokra |
| allative | kovácshoz | kovácsokhoz |
| elative | kovácsból | kovácsokból |
| delative | kovácsról | kovácsokról |
| ablative | kovácstól | kovácsoktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
kovácsé | kovácsoké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
kovácséi | kovácsokéi |
| Possessive forms of kovács | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | kovácsom | kovácsaim |
| 2nd person sing. | kovácsod | kovácsaid |
| 3rd person sing. | kovácsa | kovácsai |
| 1st person plural | kovácsunk | kovácsaink |
| 2nd person plural | kovácsotok | kovácsaitok |
| 3rd person plural | kovácsuk | kovácsaik |
Derived terms
Compound words
Expressions
References
- kovács 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
- kovács in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
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