kupica

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian купицаkupica (noggin, small cup), from ку̏паkȕpa (cup, goblet). See also Slovene kupica (drinking glass). Doublet of kupa. First attested in 1725–1764.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈkupit͡sɒ]
  • Hyphenation: ku‧pi‧ca
  • Rhymes: -t͡sɒ

Noun

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kupica (plural kupicák)

  1. (informal) a stemless shot glass, usually smaller than 50 ml
    Synonyms: pálinkáspohár, stampedli

Declension

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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative kupica kupicák
accusative kupicát kupicákat
dative kupicának kupicáknak
instrumental kupicával kupicákkal
causal-final kupicáért kupicákért
translative kupicává kupicákká
terminative kupicáig kupicákig
essive-formal kupicaként kupicákként
essive-modal
inessive kupicában kupicákban
superessive kupicán kupicákon
adessive kupicánál kupicáknál
illative kupicába kupicákba
sublative kupicára kupicákra
allative kupicához kupicákhoz
elative kupicából kupicákból
delative kupicáról kupicákról
ablative kupicától kupicáktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
kupicáé kupicáké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
kupicáéi kupicákéi
Possessive forms of kupica
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. kupicám kupicáim
2nd person sing. kupicád kupicáid
3rd person sing. kupicája kupicái
1st person plural kupicánk kupicáink
2nd person plural kupicátok kupicáitok
3rd person plural kupicájuk kupicáik

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ kupica in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.

Further reading

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  • kupica 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

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Etymology

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “kupa (cup, goblet)-ica (diminutive suffix)?”

Noun

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kupica f (Cyrillic spelling купица)

  1. (Kajkavian) noggin, cup
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Descendants

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  • Hungarian: kupica