sikk

Hungarian

Etymology

First attested in 1871. From French chic, from German Schick (“elegant appearance; tasteful presentation”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʃikː]
  • Hyphenation: sikk
  • Rhymes: -ikː

Noun

sikk (uncountable)

  1. (colloquial) chic (good form, style, ease, grace and tasteful elegance, especially in women's clothing)
    Synonym: elegancia
  2. (colloquial) chic (elegance in movement, manner, behavior and presence)
    Synonyms: könnyedség, simaság, finomság

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative sikk —
accusative sikket —
dative sikknek —
instrumental sikkel —
causal-final sikkért —
translative sikké —
terminative sikkig —
essive-formal sikként —
essive-modal — —
inessive sikkben —
superessive sikken —
adessive sikknél —
illative sikkbe —
sublative sikkre —
allative sikkhez —
elative sikkből —
delative sikkről —
ablative sikktől —
non-attributive
possessive - singular
sikké —
non-attributive
possessive - plural
sikkéi —
Possessive forms of sikk
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. sikkem —
2nd person sing. sikked —
3rd person sing. sikkje —
1st person plural sikkünk —
2nd person plural sikketek —
3rd person plural sikkjük —

Derived terms

References

  1. sikk 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.)
  2. sikk in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN

Further reading

  • sikk 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
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