vacak

Hungarian

Etymology

A semantic split from vacok (“tattered clothes; disorderly lair”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈvɒt͡sɒk]
  • Hyphenation: va‧cak
  • Rhymes: -ɒk

Adjective

vacak (comparative vacakabb, superlative legvacakabb)

  1. trashy, lousy, rotten, worthless, poor
    Synonyms: silány, hitvány, rossz minőségű
  2. (of a person) despicable
    Synonyms: hitvány, semmirekellő
  3. (of an object) stupid, bad (emphasizing disparagement)

Declension
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative vacak vacakok
accusative vacakot vacakokat
dative vacaknak vacakoknak
instrumental vacakkal vacakokkal
causal-final vacakért vacakokért
translative vacakká vacakokká
terminative vacakig vacakokig
essive-formal vacakként vacakokként
essive-modal vacakul —
inessive vacakban vacakokban
superessive vacakon vacakokon
adessive vacaknál vacakoknál
illative vacakba vacakokba
sublative vacakra vacakokra
allative vacakhoz vacakokhoz
elative vacakból vacakokból
delative vacakról vacakokról
ablative vacaktól vacakoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular		 vacaké vacakoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural		 vacakéi vacakokéi

Derived terms
  • vacakság

Noun

vacak (plural vacakok)

  1. junk, trash (a worthless thing)
    Synonyms: limlom, szemét, selejt

Declension
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative vacak vacakok
accusative vacakot vacakokat
dative vacaknak vacakoknak
instrumental vacakkal vacakokkal
causal-final vacakért vacakokért
translative vacakká vacakokká
terminative vacakig vacakokig
essive-formal vacakként vacakokként
essive-modal — —
inessive vacakban vacakokban
superessive vacakon vacakokon
adessive vacaknál vacakoknál
illative vacakba vacakokba
sublative vacakra vacakokra
allative vacakhoz vacakokhoz
elative vacakból vacakokból
delative vacakról vacakokról
ablative vacaktól vacakoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular		 vacaké vacakoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural		 vacakéi vacakokéi
Possessive forms of vacak
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. vacakom vacakjaim
2nd person sing. vacakod vacakjaid
3rd person sing. vacakja vacakjai
1st person plural vacakunk vacakjaink
2nd person plural vacakotok vacakjaitok
3rd person plural vacakjuk vacakjaik

Derived terms
  • vacakol

References
  1. vacak in Gerstner, Károly (ed.). Új magyar etimológiai szótár. (’New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian’). Beta version. Budapest, MTA Nyelvtudományi Intézet / ELKH Nyelvtudományi Kutatóközpont, 2011–2022. (Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary).

Further reading
  • vacak 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
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