borsuk
Hungarian
Etymology
bors + -uk (possessive suffix)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈborʃuk]
- Hyphenation: bor‧suk
Noun
borsuk
- third-person plural single-possession possessive of bors
Declension
Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | borsuk | — |
accusative | borsukat | — |
dative | borsuknak | — |
instrumental | borsukkal | — |
causal-final | borsukért | — |
translative | borsukká | — |
terminative | borsukig | — |
essive-formal | borsukként | — |
essive-modal | borsukul | — |
inessive | borsukban | — |
superessive | borsukon | — |
adessive | borsuknál | — |
illative | borsukba | — |
sublative | borsukra | — |
allative | borsukhoz | — |
elative | borsukból | — |
delative | borsukról | — |
ablative | borsuktól | — |
non-attributive possessive - singular | borsuké | — |
non-attributive possessive - plural | borsukéi | — |
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Ukrainian борсу́к (borsúk), from Ottoman Turkish بورصوق (borsuk), from Proto-Turkic *borsuk, *borsmuk (“badger”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɔr.suk/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɔrsuk
- Syllabification: bor‧suk
Noun
borsuk m anim (feminine borsuczyca)
- badger, especially any species belonging to the genus Meles
- Synonym: jaźwiec
Declension
Declension of borsuk
singular | plural | |
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nominative | borsuk | borsuki |
genitive | borsuka | borsuków |
dative | borsukowi | borsukom |
accusative | borsuka | borsuki |
instrumental | borsukiem | borsukami |
locative | borsuku | borsukach |
vocative | borsuku | borsuki |
Derived terms
adjective
- borsuczy
References
- Brückner, Aleksander (1927), “borsuk”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna: “turecka nazwa zamiast rodzimej, p.jaźwiec, już w 16. w. w Wielkopolsce obiegająca; Ruś pisze je barsuk; tur. borsuk.”
Further reading
- borsuk in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- borsuk in Polish dictionaries at PWN