alakor
Hungarian
Etymology
[around 1450] Likely a borrowing but the source language is uncertain. Perhaps from a form of Romanian alac.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ ˈɒlɒkor]
- Hyphenation: ala‧kor
- Rhymes: -or
Noun
alakor (plural alakorok)
- einkorn wheat (Triticum monococcum)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | alakor | alakorok |
| accusative | alakort | alakorokat |
| dative | alakornak | alakoroknak |
| instrumental | alakorral | alakorokkal |
| causal-final | alakorért | alakorokért |
| translative | alakorrá | alakorokká |
| terminative | alakorig | alakorokig |
| essive-formal | alakorként | alakorokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | alakorban | alakorokban |
| superessive | alakoron | alakorokon |
| adessive | alakornál | alakoroknál |
| illative | alakorba | alakorokba |
| sublative | alakorra | alakorokra |
| allative | alakorhoz | alakorokhoz |
| elative | alakorból | alakorokból |
| delative | alakorról | alakorokról |
| ablative | alakortól | alakoroktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular | alakoré | alakoroké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural | alakoréi | alakorokéi |
| Possessive forms of alakor | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | alakorom | alakorjaim |
| 2nd person sing. | alakorod | alakorjaid |
| 3rd person sing. | alakorja | alakorjai |
| 1st person plural | alakorunk | alakorjaink |
| 2nd person plural | alakorotok | alakorjaitok |
| 3rd person plural | alakorjuk | alakorjaik |
References
- Gerstner, Károly (ed.). Új magyar etimológiai szótár. (’New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian’). Work in progress. Nyelvtudományi Intézet (Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary). Two volumes: A–K, L–Zs.
Further reading
- alakor in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962.