csillag

Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *ćelke- (“sparkle”) + -g (noun-forming suffix).[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃilːɒɡ]
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: csil‧lag

Noun

csillag (plural csillagok)

  1. star (celestial body)
    A Szíriusz a legfényesebb csillag az égen. ― Sirius is the brightest star in the sky.
  2. star, asterisk (symbol)
    Hol van a csillag a billentyűzeten? ― Where is the asterisk on the keyboard?
  3. star (a person or thing held as a positive example; a celebrity)
    Ő a városunk csillaga. ― She's our city's pride.
  4. luck
    Alkonyulóban van a csillaga. ― He's getting unlucky.
  5. (affectionate) my dear, darling - addressing a person (or sometimes an animal) in a close relationship; girlfriend, boyfriend, child. Only the first-person possessive form csillagom is used.
    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
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
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References
  1. Entry #84 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
  2. Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN
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