sikk
Hungarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]First attested in 1871. From French chic, from German Schick (“elegant appearance; tasteful presentation”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]sikk (uncountable)
- (colloquial) chic (good form, style, ease, grace and tasteful elegance, especially in women's clothing)
- Synonym: elegancia
- (colloquial) chic (elegance in movement, manner, behavior and presence)
- Synonyms: könnyedség, simaság, finomság
Declension
[edit]| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | sikk | — |
| accusative | sikket | — |
| dative | sikknek | — |
| instrumental | sikkel | — |
| causal-final | sikkért | — |
| translative | sikké | — |
| terminative | sikkig | — |
| essive-formal | sikként | — |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | sikkben | — |
| superessive | sikken | — |
| adessive | sikknél | — |
| illative | sikkbe | — |
| sublative | sikkre | — |
| allative | sikkhez | — |
| elative | sikkből | — |
| delative | sikkről | — |
| ablative | sikktől | — |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
sikké | — |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
sikkéi | — |
| Possessive forms of sikk | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | sikkem | — |
| 2nd person sing. | sikked | — |
| 3rd person sing. | sikkje | — |
| 1st person plural | sikkünk | — |
| 2nd person plural | sikketek | — |
| 3rd person plural | sikkjük | — |
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ sikk 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.)
- ^ sikk in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN
Further reading
[edit]- sikk 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