gömböc
See also: gombóc
English
Etymology
Hungarian
Noun
gömböc
- A convex shape which, if made of a uniformly dense material, has one stable equilibrium orientation and one unstable equilibrium orientation.
Hungarian
gömböc (geometry)
Etymology
From gömb (“sphere”) + -ö- + -c (diminutive suffix). The front-vowel pair of the noun gombóc (“dumpling, ball”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɡømbøt͡s]
- Hyphenation: göm‧böc
Noun
gömböc (plural gömböcök)
- (humorous) a short, plump person
- pork cheese, head cheese, brawn
- (geometry) gömböc (a homogenous body with only one stable and one unstable point of equilibrium)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -ö-, front rounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | gömböc | gömböcök |
| accusative | gömböcöt | gömböcöket |
| dative | gömböcnek | gömböcöknek |
| instrumental | gömböccel | gömböcökkel |
| causal-final | gömböcért | gömböcökért |
| translative | gömböccé | gömböcökké |
| terminative | gömböcig | gömböcökig |
| essive-formal | gömböcként | gömböcökként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | gömböcben | gömböcökben |
| superessive | gömböcön | gömböcökön |
| adessive | gömböcnél | gömböcöknél |
| illative | gömböcbe | gömböcökbe |
| sublative | gömböcre | gömböcökre |
| allative | gömböchöz | gömböcökhöz |
| elative | gömböcből | gömböcökből |
| delative | gömböcről | gömböcökről |
| ablative | gömböctől | gömböcöktől |
| Possessive forms of gömböc | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | gömböcöm | gömböceim |
| 2nd person sing. | gömböcöd | gömböceid |
| 3rd person sing. | gömböce | gömböcei |
| 1st person plural | gömböcünk | gömböceink |
| 2nd person plural | gömböcötök | gömböceitek |
| 3rd person plural | gömböcük | gömböceik |
References
- Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN