kocka
Hungarian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from a West Slavic language, probably from Czech or Slovak. Compare Czech kostka,[1] Slovak kocka.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editkocka (plural kockák)
- (geometry) cube (regular polyhedron having six identical square faces)
- 1998–1999, “Kitűzött kémiafeladatok”, in Firka[1], volume 8, number 2:
- Egy 40 cm élhosszúságú kocka alakú jégtömb tömege 58,88 kg.
- The mass of a block of ice in the shape of a cube measuring 40 cm on each side is 58.88 kg.
- block, cube (any object in an approximately cuboid shape)
- 2014, Etelka Lám, “Megjön a Mikulás”, in Irodalmi Epreskert 5[2], volume 4, number 4:
- A kisfiú vonatozott, a húga kockákból épített várat.
- The little boy was playing with trains, his sister was building a castle out of blocks.
- die, dice (regular polyhedron used in games, with numbers or symbols on each side)
- Synonym: dobókocka
- 1969, Alfréd Rényi, “A természet könyvének nyelve”, in Dialógusok a matematikáról:
- Ezzel szemben 12-t csak egyféleképpen dobhatunk: úgy, hogy mindkét kockával hatost dobunk.
- However, there is only one way to roll a twelve, which is to roll a six with both dice.
- dice game (game played predominantly or solely by rolling dice)
- Synonym: kockajáték
- 1932, Lajos Zilahy, A lélek kialszik:
- Elmondta, hogy akkor éjszaka több mint háromezer dollárt nyert kockán.
- He told me he had won more than three thousand dollars on dice that night.
- square (rectangular cell in a grid or pattern)
- Synonym: négyzet
- 1970, “Divatos kötött nadrágkosztüm”, in Új Ifjúság[3], volume 19, number 13:
- Eredeti színezése: a kabát fehér, piros kockákkal, a nadrág piros.
- The original colors are: the jacket is white with red squares, the trousers are red.
- (film, photography) frame (one of the many single photographic images on a roll of film)
- 2012, Gabriella Hámori, László Szabó G. (interviewer), “Amerikai válogatásokra jár...”, in Új Szó[4], volume 65, number 192:
- Olyan kamerával vették fel, amely másodpercenként háromezer kockát rögzít.
- It was shot with a camera that records three thousand frames per second.
- (comics) panel (an individual drawing in a comic strip or comic book)
- Synonym: képregénykocka
- 2004, “A képregény rejtelmes útja”, in Új Szó[5], volume 57, number 300:
- Számos mozifilmhős a képregények kockáin született meg először.
- Many movie heroes were originally born in the panels of a comic book.
- (slang) nerd, geek (person who is intellectual but possibly socially inept, particularly an expert in computers)
- Synonym: kockafej
- 2012, “Levelek”, in Full Circle[6], number 58:
- Nem vagyok sem programozó, sem kódolásmániás kocka.
- I’m neither a programmer, nor a coding geek.
Declension
editInflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | kocka | kockák |
accusative | kockát | kockákat |
dative | kockának | kockáknak |
instrumental | kockával | kockákkal |
causal-final | kockáért | kockákért |
translative | kockává | kockákká |
terminative | kockáig | kockákig |
essive-formal | kockaként | kockákként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | kockában | kockákban |
superessive | kockán | kockákon |
adessive | kockánál | kockáknál |
illative | kockába | kockákba |
sublative | kockára | kockákra |
allative | kockához | kockákhoz |
elative | kockából | kockákból |
delative | kockáról | kockákról |
ablative | kockától | kockáktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
kockáé | kockáké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
kockáéi | kockákéi |
Possessive forms of kocka | ||
---|---|---|
possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | kockám | kockáim |
2nd person sing. | kockád | kockáid |
3rd person sing. | kockája | kockái |
1st person plural | kockánk | kockáink |
2nd person plural | kockátok | kockáitok |
3rd person plural | kockájuk | kockáik |
Derived terms
editCompound words
(Expressions):
References
edit- ^ kocka 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
edit- kocka 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
Lower Sorbian
editNoun
editkocka f (masculine kocor)
Declension
editSerbo-Croatian
editEtymology
editInherited from Proto-Slavic *kostъka (“small bone”), since dice were made of bones (Proto-Slavic *kostь).
Noun
editkȍcka f (Cyrillic spelling ко̏цка)
Declension
editSlovak
editEtymology
editInherited from Proto-Slavic *kostъka (“small bone”), since dice were made of bones (Proto-Slavic *kostь).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editkocka f (genitive singular kocky, nominative plural kocky, genitive plural kociek, declension pattern of žena)
Declension
editDeclension of kocka
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “kocka”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024
Slovene
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Slavic *kostъka (“small bone”), since dice were made of bones (Proto-Slavic *kostь).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editkọ̑cka f
- die (used in games of chance)
Inflection
editFeminine, a-stem | |||
---|---|---|---|
nom. sing. | kócka | ||
gen. sing. | kócke | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
kócka | kócki | kócke |
genitive (rodȋlnik) |
kócke | kóck | kóck |
dative (dajȃlnik) |
kócki | kóckama | kóckam |
accusative (tožȋlnik) |
kócko | kócki | kócke |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
kócki | kóckah | kóckah |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
kócko | kóckama | kóckami |
Further reading
edit- “kocka”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024
Swedish
editEtymology 1
editNoun
editkocka c
- a female cook (on a ship or for a work crew or the like)
Declension
editDeclension of kocka
Etymology 2
editFrom Coca-Cola.
Alternative forms
editNoun
editkocka c
- (slang, Scania, countable, uncountable) coke (cola-based soft drink)
Declension
editDeclension of kocka
References
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