katicabogár
Hungarian
katicabogár
Etymology
From Katica (diminutive of the female given name Katalin) + bogár (“bug”). The origin of the name can still be found in the popular nursery rhyme Katalinka, szállj el (“Cathy, fly away”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkɒtit͡sɒboɡaːr]
- Hyphenation: ka‧ti‧ca‧bo‧gár
Noun
katicabogár (plural katicabogarak)
- ladybird, ladybug
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | katicabogár | katicabogarak |
| accusative | katicabogarat | katicabogarakat |
| dative | katicabogárnak | katicabogaraknak |
| instrumental | katicabogárral | katicabogarakkal |
| causal-final | katicabogárért | katicabogarakért |
| translative | katicabogárrá | katicabogarakká |
| terminative | katicabogárig | katicabogarakig |
| essive-formal | katicabogárként | katicabogarakként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | katicabogárban | katicabogarakban |
| superessive | katicabogáron | katicabogarakon |
| adessive | katicabogárnál | katicabogaraknál |
| illative | katicabogárba | katicabogarakba |
| sublative | katicabogárra | katicabogarakra |
| allative | katicabogárhoz | katicabogarakhoz |
| elative | katicabogárból | katicabogarakból |
| delative | katicabogárról | katicabogarakról |
| ablative | katicabogártól | katicabogaraktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular | katicabogáré | katicabogaraké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural | katicabogáréi | katicabogarakéi |
| Possessive forms of katicabogár | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | katicabogaram | katicabogaraim |
| 2nd person sing. | katicabogarad | katicabogaraid |
| 3rd person sing. | katicabogara | katicabogarai |
| 1st person plural | katicabogarunk | katicabogaraink |
| 2nd person plural | katicabogaratok | katicabogaraitok |
| 3rd person plural | katicabogaruk | katicabogaraik |
Further reading
- katicabogár 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