kolonc
Hungarian
    
    
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): [ˈkolont͡s]
- Hyphenation: ko‧lonc
- Rhymes: -ont͡s
Noun
    
kolonc (plural koloncok)
- dead weight (a large piece of stone or iron placed as a ballast at the other end of the suspended long pole of a shadoof)
- Synonym: nehezék
 
- drag (a larger piece of wood hanging around the neck of a dog or cattle to hinder the animal in running)
- (informal, of a person or thing) drag, burden, hindrance, nuisance, dead weight, obstacle
- Synonyms: teher, kölönc
 
Declension
    
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | kolonc | koloncok | 
| accusative | koloncot | koloncokat | 
| dative | koloncnak | koloncoknak | 
| instrumental | kolonccal | koloncokkal | 
| causal-final | koloncért | koloncokért | 
| translative | kolonccá | koloncokká | 
| terminative | koloncig | koloncokig | 
| essive-formal | koloncként | koloncokként | 
| essive-modal | koloncul | — | 
| inessive | koloncban | koloncokban | 
| superessive | koloncon | koloncokon | 
| adessive | koloncnál | koloncoknál | 
| illative | koloncba | koloncokba | 
| sublative | koloncra | koloncokra | 
| allative | kolonchoz | koloncokhoz | 
| elative | koloncból | koloncokból | 
| delative | koloncról | koloncokról | 
| ablative | kolonctól | koloncoktól | 
| non-attributive possessive - singular | koloncé | koloncoké | 
| non-attributive possessive - plural | koloncéi | koloncokéi | 
| Possessive forms of kolonc | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions | 
| 1st person sing. | koloncom | koloncaim | 
| 2nd person sing. | koloncod | koloncaid | 
| 3rd person sing. | kolonca | koloncai | 
| 1st person plural | koloncunk | koloncaink | 
| 2nd person plural | koloncotok | koloncaitok | 
| 3rd person plural | koloncuk | koloncaik | 
Derived terms
    
- koloncos
Expressions
- kolonc a nyakán
References
    
- kolonc 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
    
- kolonc 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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