testecs
Hungarian
Etymology
From test (“body”) + -ecs (diminutive suffix). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtɛʃtɛt͡ʃ]
- Hyphenation: tes‧tecs
Noun
testecs (plural testecsek)
- (obsolete, biology) corpuscle
- Synonyms: testecske, (obsolete) tömecs
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | testecs | testecsek |
| accusative | testecset | testecseket |
| dative | testecsnek | testecseknek |
| instrumental | testeccsel | testecsekkel |
| causal-final | testecsért | testecsekért |
| translative | testeccsé | testecsekké |
| terminative | testecsig | testecsekig |
| essive-formal | testecsként | testecsekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | testecsben | testecsekben |
| superessive | testecsen | testecseken |
| adessive | testecsnél | testecseknél |
| illative | testecsbe | testecsekbe |
| sublative | testecsre | testecsekre |
| allative | testecshez | testecsekhez |
| elative | testecsből | testecsekből |
| delative | testecsről | testecsekről |
| ablative | testecstől | testecsektől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular | testecsé | testecseké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural | testecséi | testecsekéi |
| Possessive forms of testecs | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | testecsem | testecseim |
| 2nd person sing. | testecsed | testecseid |
| 3rd person sing. | testecse | testecsei |
| 1st person plural | testecsünk | testecseink |
| 2nd person plural | testecsetek | testecseitek |
| 3rd person plural | testecsük | testecseik |
Derived terms
Compound words
- vértestecs
Further reading
- testecs in Czuczor, Gergely and János Fogarasi: A magyar nyelv szótára (’A Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Pest: Emich Gusztáv Magyar Akadémiai Nyomdász, 1862–1874.