jegec

Hungarian

Etymology

First attested in 1842. From jég (“ice”) +‎ -e- + -c (noun-forming suffix). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈjɛɡɛt͡s]
  • Hyphenation: je‧gec
  • Rhymes: -ɛt͡s

Noun

jegec

  1. (obsolete) crystal

Declension
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative jegec jegecek
accusative jegecet jegeceket
dative jegecnek jegeceknek
instrumental jegeccel jegecekkel
causal-final jegecért jegecekért
translative jegeccé jegecekké
terminative jegecig jegecekig
essive-formal jegecként jegecekként
essive-modal — —
inessive jegecben jegecekben
superessive jegecen jegeceken
adessive jegecnél jegeceknél
illative jegecbe jegecekbe
sublative jegecre jegecekre
allative jegechez jegecekhez
elative jegecből jegecekből
delative jegecről jegecekről
ablative jegectől jegecektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular		 jegecé jegeceké
non-attributive
possessive - plural		 jegecéi jegecekéi
Possessive forms of jegec
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. jegecem jegeceim
2nd person sing. jegeced jegeceid
3rd person sing. jegece jegecei
1st person plural jegecünk jegeceink
2nd person plural jegecetek jegeceitek
3rd person plural jegecük jegeceik

Derived terms
  • jegeces → jegecesedik → kijegecesedik

References
  1. jegec 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
  • jegec 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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