malac

Hungarian

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Slovene.[1] Compare Slovene mládec (“young man”) (plural mládci, which may be the direct source of the Hungarian form), mladič (“young animal”), and mlad (“young”). Compare also Serbo-Croatian mládac, mlàdīć.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈmɒlɒt͡s]
  • Hyphenation: ma‧lac
  • Rhymes: -ɒt͡s

Noun

malac (plural malacok)

  1. pig, piglet (a young pig)
    Synonyms: (adult pig) disznó, sertés
  2. (derogatory) pig (a sloppy, dirty, improperly eating child; a foul-mouthed adult)
  3. (humorous, with a possessive suffix, construed with van (“to have”)) luck

Declension
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative malac malacok
accusative malacot malacokat
dative malacnak malacoknak
instrumental malaccal malacokkal
causal-final malacért malacokért
translative malaccá malacokká
terminative malacig malacokig
essive-formal malacként malacokként
essive-modal — —
inessive malacban malacokban
superessive malacon malacokon
adessive malacnál malacoknál
illative malacba malacokba
sublative malacra malacokra
allative malachoz malacokhoz
elative malacból malacokból
delative malacról malacokról
ablative malactól malacoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular		 malacé malacoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural		 malacéi malacokéi
Possessive forms of malac
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. malacom malacaim
2nd person sing. malacod malacaid
3rd person sing. malaca malacai
1st person plural malacunk malacaink
2nd person plural malacotok malacaitok
3rd person plural malacuk malacaik

Derived terms
Compound words
Expressions
  • küzd, mint malac a jégen

Adjective

malac (comparative malacabb, superlative legmalacabb)

  1. (derogatory, of a child) dirty
  2. (derogatory) dirty, naughty, obscene, foul-mouthed
    malac történetek ― dirty stories

Declension
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative malac malacok
accusative malacot malacokat
dative malacnak malacoknak
instrumental malaccal malacokkal
causal-final malacért malacokért
translative malaccá malacokká
terminative malacig malacokig
essive-formal malacként malacokként
essive-modal — —
inessive malacban malacokban
superessive malacon malacokon
adessive malacnál malacoknál
illative malacba malacokba
sublative malacra malacokra
allative malachoz malacokhoz
elative malacból malacokból
delative malacról malacokról
ablative malactól malacoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular		 malacé malacoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural		 malacéi malacokéi

References
  1. malac 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
  • malac 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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Bulgarian малак (malak, “water buffalo calf”), from Ottoman Turkish معلق (malak, “water buffalo calf”), from Greek μαλακός (malakós, “soft, gentle”).

Noun

malac m (plural malaci)

  1. water buffalo calf
  2. big and sluggish man

Declension
Declension of malac
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) malac malacul (niște) malaci malacii
genitive/dative (unui) malac malacului (unor) malaci malacilor
vocative malacule malacilor
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