torok
See also: Torok, török, Török, tőrök, and törők
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtorok]
- Hyphenation: to‧rok
- Rhymes: -ok
Etymology 1
From Proto-Ugric *turɜ (“throat, neck”).[1][2] Cognates include Mansi тор (tor), Khanty тур (tur).
Noun
torok (plural torkok)
- throat
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | torok | torkok |
| accusative | torkot | torkokat |
| dative | toroknak | torkoknak |
| instrumental | torokkal | torkokkal |
| causal-final | torokért | torkokért |
| translative | torokká | torkokká |
| terminative | torokig | torkokig |
| essive-formal | torokként | torkokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | torokban | torkokban |
| superessive | torkon | torkokon |
| adessive | toroknál | torkoknál |
| illative | torokba | torkokba |
| sublative | torokra | torkokra |
| allative | torokhoz | torkokhoz |
| elative | torokból | torkokból |
| delative | torokról | torkokról |
| ablative | toroktól | torkoktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular | toroké | torkoké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural | torokéi | torkokéi |
| Possessive forms of torok | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | torkom | torkaim |
| 2nd person sing. | torkod | torkaid |
| 3rd person sing. | torka | torkai |
| 1st person plural | torkunk | torkaink |
| 2nd person plural | torkotok | torkaitok |
| 3rd person plural | torkuk | torkaik |
Derived terms
- torkol
- torkolat
- torkollik
- torkos
- torkú
Compound words
- torokszíj
Etymology 2
tor (“ceremonial meal” or “thorax”) + -ok (plural suffix)
Noun
torok
- nominative plural of tor
References
- Entry #1863 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary.
- torok in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). 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 2nd edition.)
Further reading
- torok 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