potroh

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from either Russian потроха (potroxa) or Ukrainian потрохи (potroxy, “giblets”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpotrox]

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• Hyphenation: pot‧roh
• Rhymes: -ox

Noun

potroh (plural potrohok)

1. potbelly, paunch (the belly of a human, especially a large, fat protruding one) [around 1336]
2. (zoology) abdomen (of an arthropod) [1878]

   Coordinate terms: fej, tor

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	potroh	potrohok
accusative	potrohot	potrohokat
dative	potrohnak	potrohoknak
instrumental	potrohhal	potrohokkal
causal-final	potrohért	potrohokért
translative	potrohhá	potrohokká
terminative	potrohig	potrohokig
essive-formal	potrohként	potrohokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	potrohban	potrohokban
superessive	potrohon	potrohokon
adessive	potrohnál	potrohoknál
illative	potrohba	potrohokba
sublative	potrohra	potrohokra
allative	potrohhoz	potrohokhoz
elative	potrohból	potrohokból
delative	potrohról	potrohokról
ablative	potrohtól	potrohoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	potrohé	potrohoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	potrohéi	potrohokéi

Possessive forms of potroh
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	potrohom	potrohaim
2nd person sing.	potrohod	potrohaid
3rd person sing.	potroha	potrohai
1st person plural	potrohunk	potrohaink
2nd person plural	potrohotok	potrohaitok
3rd person plural	potrohuk	potrohaik

Derived terms

• potrohos

 

Further reading

• potroh 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