morc
Hungarian
Etymology
[1773] Back-formation from morcan (“to grump”). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmort͡s]
- Hyphenation: morc
- Rhymes: -ort͡s
Adjective
morc (comparative morcabb, superlative legmorcabb)
- grumpy
- morose
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | morc | morcak |
| accusative | morcat | morcakat |
| dative | morcnak | morcaknak |
| instrumental | morccal | morcakkal |
| causal-final | morcért | morcakért |
| translative | morccá | morcakká |
| terminative | morcig | morcakig |
| essive-formal | morcként | morcakként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | morcban | morcakban |
| superessive | morcon | morcakon |
| adessive | morcnál | morcaknál |
| illative | morcba | morcakba |
| sublative | morcra | morcakra |
| allative | morchoz | morcakhoz |
| elative | morcból | morcakból |
| delative | morcról | morcakról |
| ablative | morctól | morcaktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular | morcé | morcaké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural | morcéi | morcakéi |
Derived terms
- morcos
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 (See also its second, revised, expanded edition published in 2021: →ISBN)
Further reading
- morc 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