kiskapu
Hungarian
kiskapu, Paks, Hungary
kiskapu, Dombóvár, Hungary
Etymology
kis (“small”) + kapu (“gate”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkiʃkɒpu]
- Hyphenation: kis‧ka‧pu
- Rhymes: -pu
Noun
kiskapu (plural kiskapuk)
- small gate/door (a gate for pedestrians next to a large gate for vehicles; or just a small gate on its own)
- (figuratively) loophole (an opportunity to outwit and evade the law, prohibition or other rules)
- Synonyms: ürügy, kibúvó, kifogás, kiút, egérút
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | kiskapu | kiskapuk |
| accusative | kiskaput | kiskapukat |
| dative | kiskapunak | kiskapuknak |
| instrumental | kiskapuval | kiskapukkal |
| causal-final | kiskapuért | kiskapukért |
| translative | kiskapuvá | kiskapukká |
| terminative | kiskapuig | kiskapukig |
| essive-formal | kiskapuként | kiskapukként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | kiskapuban | kiskapukban |
| superessive | kiskapun | kiskapukon |
| adessive | kiskapunál | kiskapuknál |
| illative | kiskapuba | kiskapukba |
| sublative | kiskapura | kiskapukra |
| allative | kiskapuhoz | kiskapukhoz |
| elative | kiskapuból | kiskapukból |
| delative | kiskapuról | kiskapukról |
| ablative | kiskaputól | kiskapuktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular | kiskapué | kiskapuké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural | kiskapuéi | kiskapukéi |
| Possessive forms of kiskapu | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | kiskapum | kiskapuim |
| 2nd person sing. | kiskapud | kiskapuid |
| 3rd person sing. | kiskapuja | kiskapui |
| 1st person plural | kiskapunk | kiskapuink |
| 2nd person plural | kiskaputok | kiskapuitok |
| 3rd person plural | kiskapujuk | kiskapuik |
Derived terms
- kiskapus
Further reading
- kiskapu 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