kukac
See also: kukać
Hungarian
    
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(1) kukac
Etymology
    
From Kajkavian Serbo-Croatian kúkac (“insect”).[1]
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): [ˈkukɒt͡s]
- Hyphenation: ku‧kac
- Rhymes: -ɒt͡s
Noun
    
kukac (plural kukacok)
- maggot (soft, legless larva of a fly or other dipterous insect)
- Coordinate terms: (worm) féreg, (caterpillar) hernyó, (earthworm) giliszta, nyű (their senses may overlap, especially in informal speech)
 - 1925, Géza Gárdonyi, “Hernyó”, in Mai csodák:- Mert abból a kukacból, ami a cseresznyében van, kis fekete légy lesz.- Because maggots found in cherries turn into small black flies.
 
 
 
- (Internet) at sign, at (the symbol @, most commonly used in email addresses)
- Synonym: kukacjel
 
- (childish, slang) willy, wee-wee (penis, especially that of a prepubescent boy)
- Synonyms: kuki, fütyi
 
Declension
    
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | kukac | kukacok | 
| accusative | kukacot | kukacokat | 
| dative | kukacnak | kukacoknak | 
| instrumental | kukaccal | kukacokkal | 
| causal-final | kukacért | kukacokért | 
| translative | kukaccá | kukacokká | 
| terminative | kukacig | kukacokig | 
| essive-formal | kukacként | kukacokként | 
| essive-modal | — | — | 
| inessive | kukacban | kukacokban | 
| superessive | kukacon | kukacokon | 
| adessive | kukacnál | kukacoknál | 
| illative | kukacba | kukacokba | 
| sublative | kukacra | kukacokra | 
| allative | kukachoz | kukacokhoz | 
| elative | kukacból | kukacokból | 
| delative | kukacról | kukacokról | 
| ablative | kukactól | kukacoktól | 
| non-attributive possessive - singular | kukacé | kukacoké | 
| non-attributive possessive - plural | kukacéi | kukacokéi | 
| Possessive forms of kukac | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions | 
| 1st person sing. | kukacom | kukacaim | 
| 2nd person sing. | kukacod | kukacaid | 
| 3rd person sing. | kukaca | kukacai | 
| 1st person plural | kukacunk | kukacaink | 
| 2nd person plural | kukacotok | kukacaitok | 
| 3rd person plural | kukacuk | kukacaik | 
Derived terms
    
References
    
- kukac 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
    
- kukac 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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