mamuz

Hungarian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مهمز‎ (mahmuz), from Persian مهمیز‎ (mahmiz), from Arabic مِهْمَاز‎ (mihmāz, “spur”). Modern Turkish spelling is mahmuz.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈmɒmuz]
  • Hyphenation: ma‧muz
  • Rhymes: -uz

Noun

mamuz (plural mamuzok)

  1. (obsolete) spur
    Synonym: sarkantyú
    • 1651, Miklós Zrínyi, Szigeti veszedelem (“The Siege of Sziget”, literally “The Peril of Sziget”), Franklin (1901), canto 5, stanza 62; translation by László Kőrössy:
      Nagy mamuz az lábán kemény földet szántja, / Kemény fringia-kard oldalát támasztja; / Ez volt szigeti leventáknak virágja, / Bölcs, erős, gyors, haragos, mikor akarja.
      A large spur on his foot plows the hard earth, / A hard Fringian sword supports his flank; / This was the flower of Sziget’s knights, / Wise, strong, fast, fierce, when he wants.

Declension
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative mamuz mamuzok
accusative mamuzt mamuzokat
dative mamuznak mamuzoknak
instrumental mamuzzal mamuzokkal
causal-final mamuzért mamuzokért
translative mamuzzá mamuzokká
terminative mamuzig mamuzokig
essive-formal mamuzként mamuzokként
essive-modal — —
inessive mamuzban mamuzokban
superessive mamuzon mamuzokon
adessive mamuznál mamuzoknál
illative mamuzba mamuzokba
sublative mamuzra mamuzokra
allative mamuzhoz mamuzokhoz
elative mamuzból mamuzokból
delative mamuzról mamuzokról
ablative mamuztól mamuzoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular		 mamuzé mamuzoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural		 mamuzéi mamuzokéi
Possessive forms of mamuz
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. mamuzom mamuzaim
2nd person sing. mamuzod mamuzaid
3rd person sing. mamuza mamuzai
1st person plural mamuzunk mamuzaink
2nd person plural mamuzotok mamuzaitok
3rd person plural mamuzuk mamuzaik

See also
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