tragacs
Hungarian
tragacs
Etymology
[1876] From Bavarian tragatsch. The old vehicle sense is from [1956].[1][2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtrɒɡɒt͡ʃ]
- Hyphenation: tra‧gacs
- Rhymes: -ɒt͡ʃ
Noun
tragacs (plural tragacsok)
- wheelbarrow (a small, one-wheeled cart with handles at one end for transporting small loads)
- Synonym: targonca
- (humorous, derogatory) rustbucket, jalopy (old, dilapidated vehicle, especially car, bicycle, tram)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | tragacs | tragacsok |
| accusative | tragacsot | tragacsokat |
| dative | tragacsnak | tragacsoknak |
| instrumental | tragaccsal | tragacsokkal |
| causal-final | tragacsért | tragacsokért |
| translative | tragaccsá | tragacsokká |
| terminative | tragacsig | tragacsokig |
| essive-formal | tragacsként | tragacsokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | tragacsban | tragacsokban |
| superessive | tragacson | tragacsokon |
| adessive | tragacsnál | tragacsoknál |
| illative | tragacsba | tragacsokba |
| sublative | tragacsra | tragacsokra |
| allative | tragacshoz | tragacsokhoz |
| elative | tragacsból | tragacsokból |
| delative | tragacsról | tragacsokról |
| ablative | tragacstól | tragacsoktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular | tragacsé | tragacsoké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural | tragacséi | tragacsokéi |
| Possessive forms of tragacs | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | tragacsom | tragacsaim |
| 2nd person sing. | tragacsod | tragacsaid |
| 3rd person sing. | tragacsa | tragacsai |
| 1st person plural | tragacsunk | tragacsaink |
| 2nd person plural | tragacsotok | tragacsaitok |
| 3rd person plural | tragacsuk | tragacsaik |
References
- tragacs in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN
- tragacs 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
- tragacs 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
- tragacs in Hungarian Ethnographical Lexicon (in Hungarian)