Hungarian

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Etymology

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First attested in 1055. Of unknown origin.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈkuːt]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -uːt

Noun

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kút (plural kutak)

  1. well (a hole sunk into the ground as a source of water, oil)
    Hyponym: gémeskút
  2. pump, fountain (an equipment providing water)
    Synonym: ivókút
  3. filling station (facility which sells fuel and lubricants for motor vehicles)
    Synonym: benzinkút

Declension

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Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative kút kutak
accusative kutat kutakat
dative kútnak kutaknak
instrumental kúttal kutakkal
causal-final kútért kutakért
translative kúttá kutakká
terminative kútig kutakig
essive-formal kútként kutakként
essive-modal
inessive kútban kutakban
superessive kúton kutakon
adessive kútnál kutaknál
illative kútba kutakba
sublative kútra kutakra
allative kúthoz kutakhoz
elative kútból kutakból
delative kútról kutakról
ablative kúttól kutaktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
kúté kutaké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
kútéi kutakéi
Possessive forms of kút
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. kutam kútjaim
2nd person sing. kutad kútjaid
3rd person sing. kútja kútjai
1st person plural kutunk kútjaink
2nd person plural kutatok kútjaitok
3rd person plural kútjuk kútjaik

Derived terms

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Compound words with this term at the beginning
Compound words with this term at the end
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References

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  1. ^ kút 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

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  • kút 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

Old Czech

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kǫtъ.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈkuːt/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈkau̯t/

Noun

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kút m inan

  1. corner

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Czech: kout

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Tlingit

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Noun

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kút

  1. nest (of a bird or animal)