mottó
Hungarian
Etymology
An internationalism via German. Compare German Motto, English motto, Italian motto. Ultimately from Late Latin muttio (“I mutter/murmur”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmotːoː]
- Hyphenation: mot‧tó
- Rhymes: -toː
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | mottó | mottók |
| accusative | mottót | mottókat |
| dative | mottónak | mottóknak |
| instrumental | mottóval | mottókkal |
| causal-final | mottóért | mottókért |
| translative | mottóvá | mottókká |
| terminative | mottóig | mottókig |
| essive-formal | mottóként | mottókként |
| essive-modal | mottóul | — |
| inessive | mottóban | mottókban |
| superessive | mottón | mottókon |
| adessive | mottónál | mottóknál |
| illative | mottóba | mottókba |
| sublative | mottóra | mottókra |
| allative | mottóhoz | mottókhoz |
| elative | mottóból | mottókból |
| delative | mottóról | mottókról |
| ablative | mottótól | mottóktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
mottóé | mottóké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
mottóéi | mottókéi |
| Possessive forms of mottó | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | mottóm | mottóim |
| 2nd person sing. | mottód | mottóid |
| 3rd person sing. | mottója | mottói |
| 1st person plural | mottónk | mottóink |
| 2nd person plural | mottótok | mottóitok |
| 3rd person plural | mottójuk | mottóik |
References
- mottó 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
- mottó 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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