karom

See also: károm and karóm

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɒrom]

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• Hyphenation: ka‧rom
• Rhymes: -om

Etymology 1

Back-formation from karmol. Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.

Noun

karom (plural karmok)

1. claw (a curved, pointed horny nail on each digit of the foot of a mammal, reptile, or bird)
2. talon (a sharp, hooked claw of a bird of prey or other predatory animal)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	karom	karmok
accusative	karmot	karmokat
dative	karomnak	karmoknak
instrumental	karommal	karmokkal
causal-final	karomért	karmokért
translative	karommá	karmokká
terminative	karomig	karmokig
essive-formal	karomként	karmokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	karomban	karmokban
superessive	karmon	karmokon
adessive	karomnál	karmoknál
illative	karomba	karmokba
sublative	karomra	karmokra
allative	karomhoz	karmokhoz
elative	karomból	karmokból
delative	karomról	karmokról
ablative	karomtól	karmoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	karomé	karmoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	karoméi	karmokéi

Possessive forms of karom
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	karmom	karmaim
2nd person sing.	karmod	karmaid
3rd person sing.	karma	karmai
1st person plural	karmunk	karmaink
2nd person plural	karmotok	karmaitok
3rd person plural	karmuk	karmaik

See also

• köröm

Etymology 2

kar (“arm”) +‎ -om (possessive suffix)

Noun

karom

1. first-person singular single-possession possessive of kar

   Engedd el a karom! ― Let go of my arm!

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	karom	—
accusative	karomat	—
dative	karomnak	—
instrumental	karommal	—
causal-final	karomért	—
translative	karommá	—
terminative	karomig	—
essive-formal	karomként	—
essive-modal	karomul	—
inessive	karomban	—
superessive	karomon	—
adessive	karomnál	—
illative	karomba	—
sublative	karomra	—
allative	karomhoz	—
elative	karomból	—
delative	karomról	—
ablative	karomtól	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	karomé	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	karoméi	—

Further reading

• karom 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

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.rɔm/
• Rhymes: -arɔm
• Syllabification: ka‧rom

Noun

karom f

1. dative plural of kara

Noun

karom n

1. dative plural of karo