halk

Hungarian

Etymology

Of unknown origin.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈhɒlk]

Adjective

halk (comparative halkabb, superlative leghalkabb)

  1. (of a voice or sound) low, muffled, quiet, soft
    Synonym: csendes
    Antonym: hangos
    Halk szipogásokat hallottam. ― I heard quiet sniffles.
    Halk hangon beszélt. ― She spoke in a soft voice.

Declension
Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative halk halkak
accusative halkat halkakat
dative halknak halkaknak
instrumental halkkal halkakkal
causal-final halkért halkakért
translative halkká halkakká
terminative halkig halkakig
essive-formal halkként halkakként
essive-modal — —
inessive halkban halkakban
superessive halkon halkakon
adessive halknál halkaknál
illative halkba halkakba
sublative halkra halkakra
allative halkhoz halkakhoz
elative halkból halkakból
delative halkról halkakról
ablative halktól halkaktól

Derived terms

(Compound words)

References
  1. Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN

Middle English

Noun

halk

  1. A nook; a corner.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for halk in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خَلْق‎ (ḵalq).

Noun

halk (definite accusative halkı, plural halklar)

  1. people

Declension
Inflection
Nominative halk
Definite accusative halkı
Singular Plural
Nominative halk halklar
Definite accusative halkı halkları
Dative halka halklara
Locative halkta halklarda
Ablative halktan halklardan
Genitive halkın halkların
Possessive forms
Singular Plural
1st singular halkım halklarım
2nd singular halkın halkların
3rd singular halkı halkları
1st plural halkımız halklarımız
2nd plural halkınız halklarınız
3rd plural halkları halkları
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