indok
Hungarian
Etymology
Shortened from indító (“starting”) ok (“cause, reason, motive”). Created during the Hungarian language reform which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈindok]
- Hyphenation: in‧dok
Noun
indok (plural indokok)
- cause, motivation, reason, motive, argument
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | indok | indokok |
| accusative | indokot | indokokat |
| dative | indoknak | indokoknak |
| instrumental | indokkal | indokokkal |
| causal-final | indokért | indokokért |
| translative | indokká | indokokká |
| terminative | indokig | indokokig |
| essive-formal | indokként | indokokként |
| essive-modal | indokul | — |
| inessive | indokban | indokokban |
| superessive | indokon | indokokon |
| adessive | indoknál | indokoknál |
| illative | indokba | indokokba |
| sublative | indokra | indokokra |
| allative | indokhoz | indokokhoz |
| elative | indokból | indokokból |
| delative | indokról | indokokról |
| ablative | indoktól | indokoktól |
| Possessive forms of indok | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | indokom | indokaim |
| 2nd person sing. | indokod | indokaid |
| 3rd person sing. | indoka | indokai |
| 1st person plural | indokunk | indokaink |
| 2nd person plural | indokotok | indokaitok |
| 3rd person plural | indokuk | indokaik |
Derived terms
- indokol
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