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borjú
borjú
Hungarian
Noun
borjú (plural borjúk or borjak)
- calf (young cow or bull)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | borjú | borjúk |
| accusative | borjút | borjúkat |
| dative | borjúnak | borjúknak |
| instrumental | borjúval | borjúkkal |
| causal-final | borjúért | borjúkért |
| translative | borjúvá | borjúkká |
| terminative | borjúig | borjúkig |
| essive-formal | borjúként | borjúkként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | borjúban | borjúkban |
| superessive | borjún | borjúkon |
| adessive | borjúnál | borjúknál |
| illative | borjúba | borjúkba |
| sublative | borjúra | borjúkra |
| allative | borjúhoz | borjúkhoz |
| elative | borjúból | borjúkból |
| delative | borjúról | borjúkról |
| ablative | borjútól | borjúktól |
| Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | borjú | borjak |
| accusative | borjat | borjakat |
| dative | borjúnak | borjaknak |
| instrumental | borjúval | borjakkal |
| causal-final | borjúért | borjakért |
| translative | borjúvá | borjakká |
| terminative | borjúig | borjakig |
| essive-formal | borjúként | borjakként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | borjúban | borjakban |
| superessive | borjún | borjakon |
| adessive | borjúnál | borjaknál |
| illative | borjúba | borjakba |
| sublative | borjúra | borjakra |
| allative | borjúhoz | borjakhoz |
| elative | borjúból | borjakból |
| delative | borjúról | borjakról |
| ablative | borjútól | borjaktól |
| Possessive forms of borjú | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | borjúm | borjúim |
| 2nd person sing. | borjúd | borjúid |
| 3rd person sing. | borjúja | borjúi |
| 1st person plural | borjúnk | borjúink |
| 2nd person plural | borjútok | borjúitok |
| 3rd person plural | borjújuk | borjúik |
Usage notes
There are two forms for the possessive third-person with different meanings. Singular:
- a tehén borja - the calf of the cow (the mother)
- a gazda borjúja - the calf of the farmer (the owner)
Plural:
- a tehén borjai - the calves of the cow
- a gazda borjúi - the calves of the farmer
Derived terms
- borjas
- borjazik
References
- ↑ Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*buŕa-gu”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
- ↑ Gábor Zaicz, Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete, Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, ISBN 963 7094 01 6