patak
Hungarian
patak
Etymology
Borrowed from a Slavic language. Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *potokъ.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpɒtɒk]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: pa‧tak
- Rhymes: -ɒk
Noun
patak (plural patakok)
- stream, brook, runnel, rivulet (a body of running water smaller than a river)
- 1809, Ferenc Kölcsey, A nyúgalomhoz, lines 9–12:
- Csak a patak csörög körülted, / Csak a zefír susog, / S a fülmilécske zeng szavával, / S csattog, süvőlt, kereng.
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- (figuratively, exaggerated, of liquid) stream
- A vér patakban folyt az orrából. ― There was blood streaming from his nose.
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | patak | patakok |
| accusative | patakot | patakokat |
| dative | pataknak | patakoknak |
| instrumental | patakkal | patakokkal |
| causal-final | patakért | patakokért |
| translative | patakká | patakokká |
| terminative | patakig | patakokig |
| essive-formal | patakként | patakokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | patakban | patakokban |
| superessive | patakon | patakokon |
| adessive | pataknál | patakoknál |
| illative | patakba | patakokba |
| sublative | patakra | patakokra |
| allative | patakhoz | patakokhoz |
| elative | patakból | patakokból |
| delative | patakról | patakokról |
| ablative | pataktól | patakoktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
pataké | patakoké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
patakéi | patakokéi |
| Possessive forms of patak | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | patakom | patakjaim |
| 2nd person sing. | patakod | patakjaid |
| 3rd person sing. | patakja | patakjai |
| 1st person plural | patakunk | patakjaink |
| 2nd person plural | patakotok | patakjaitok |
| 3rd person plural | patakjuk | patakjaik |
Derived terms
Compound words
References
- patak 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
- patak in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From pȁtka.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pǎːtak/
- Hyphenation: pa‧tak
Declension
Related terms
References
- “patak” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pa‧tak
- IPA(key): /paˈtak/, [pɐˈtak]
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