borsuk

Hungarian

Etymology

bors +‎ -uk (possessive suffix)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈborʃuk]
  • Hyphenation: bor‧suk

Noun

borsuk

  1. third-person plural single-possession possessive of bors

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
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

borsuk

Etymology

Borrowed from Ukrainian борсу́к (borsúk), from Ottoman Turkish بورصوق‎ (borsuk), from Proto-Turkic *borsuk, *borsmuk (“badger”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɔr.suk/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔrsuk
  • Syllabification: bor‧suk

Noun

borsuk m anim (feminine borsuczyca)

  1. badger, especially any species belonging to the genus Meles
    Synonym: jaźwiec

Declension

Derived terms

adjective

References

  1. 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
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