csillag
Hungarian
Etymology
From Proto-Finno-Ugric *ćelke- (“sparkle”) + -g (noun-forming suffix).[1][2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃilːɒɡ]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ilːɒɡ
- Hyphenation: csil‧lag
- Rhymes: -ɒɡ
Noun
csillag (plural csillagok)
- star (celestial body)
- A Szíriusz a legfényesebb csillag az égen. ― Sirius is the brightest star in the sky.
- star, asterisk (symbol)
- Hol van a csillag a billentyűzeten? ― Where is the asterisk on the keyboard?
- star (a person or thing held as a positive example; a celebrity)
- Ő a városunk csillaga. ― She's our city's pride.
- luck
- Alkonyulóban van a csillaga. ― He's getting unlucky.
- (endearing, only in the 1st-person possessive) my dear, darling (addressing a person [or sometimes an animal] in a close relationship); girlfriend, boyfriend, child
- Gyere ide, csillagom! ― Come here my dear.
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | csillag | csillagok |
| accusative | csillagot | csillagokat |
| dative | csillagnak | csillagoknak |
| instrumental | csillaggal | csillagokkal |
| causal-final | csillagért | csillagokért |
| translative | csillaggá | csillagokká |
| terminative | csillagig | csillagokig |
| essive-formal | csillagként | csillagokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | csillagban | csillagokban |
| superessive | csillagon | csillagokon |
| adessive | csillagnál | csillagoknál |
| illative | csillagba | csillagokba |
| sublative | csillagra | csillagokra |
| allative | csillaghoz | csillagokhoz |
| elative | csillagból | csillagokból |
| delative | csillagról | csillagokról |
| ablative | csillagtól | csillagoktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
csillagé | csillagoké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
csillagéi | csillagokéi |
| Possessive forms of csillag | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | csillagom | csillagaim |
| 2nd person sing. | csillagod | csillagaid |
| 3rd person sing. | csillaga | csillagai |
| 1st person plural | csillagunk | csillagaink |
| 2nd person plural | csillagotok | csillagaitok |
| 3rd person plural | csillaguk | csillagaik |
Derived terms
Compound words
Expressions
References
- Entry #84 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
- csillag 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
- csillag 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
- csillag in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)
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