alkóv
Hungarian
Alternative forms
- alkoven (archaic)
Etymology
Internationalism, mainly via German Alkoven (“alcove”).[1] Ultimately from Arabic القُبَّة (al-qubba).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɒlkoːv]
- Hyphenation: al‧kóv
- Rhymes: -oːv
Noun
alkóv (plural alkóvok)
- alcove (small recessed area set off from a larger room)
- Hyponym: hálófülke
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | alkóv | alkóvok |
| accusative | alkóvot | alkóvokat |
| dative | alkóvnak | alkóvoknak |
| instrumental | alkóvval | alkóvokkal |
| causal-final | alkóvért | alkóvokért |
| translative | alkóvvá | alkóvokká |
| terminative | alkóvig | alkóvokig |
| essive-formal | alkóvként | alkóvokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | alkóvban | alkóvokban |
| superessive | alkóvon | alkóvokon |
| adessive | alkóvnál | alkóvoknál |
| illative | alkóvba | alkóvokba |
| sublative | alkóvra | alkóvokra |
| allative | alkóvhoz | alkóvokhoz |
| elative | alkóvból | alkóvokból |
| delative | alkóvról | alkóvokról |
| ablative | alkóvtól | alkóvoktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular | alkóvé | alkóvoké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural | alkóvéi | alkóvokéi |
| Possessive forms of alkóv | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | alkóvom | alkóvjaim |
| 2nd person sing. | alkóvod | alkóvjaid |
| 3rd person sing. | alkóvja | alkóvjai |
| 1st person plural | alkóvunk | alkóvjaink |
| 2nd person plural | alkóvotok | alkóvjaitok |
| 3rd person plural | alkóvjuk | alkóvjaik |
Derived terms
- alkóvos
Compound words
- alkóvágy
References
- alkóv in Gerstner, Károly (ed.). Új magyar etimológiai szótár. (’New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian’). Beta version. Budapest, MTA Nyelvtudományi Intézet / ELKH Nyelvtudományi Kutatóközpont, 2011–2022. (Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary).
Further reading
- alkóv in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- alkóv in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (’A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2022)