indok

Hungarian

Etymology

Shortened from indító (“starting”) ok (“cause, reason, motive”). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈindok]
  • Hyphenation: in‧dok
  • Rhymes: -ok

Noun

indok (plural indokok)

  1. cause, motivation, reason, motive, argument

Declension
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative indok indokok
accusative indokot indokokat
dative indoknak indokoknak
instrumental indokkal indokokkal
causal-final indokért indokokért
translative indokká indokokká
terminative indokig indokokig
essive-formal indokként indokokként
essive-modal indokul —
inessive indokban indokokban
superessive indokon indokokon
adessive indoknál indokoknál
illative indokba indokokba
sublative indokra indokokra
allative indokhoz indokokhoz
elative indokból indokokból
delative indokról indokokról
ablative indoktól indokoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular		 indoké indokoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural		 indokéi indokokéi
Possessive forms of indok
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. indokom indokaim
2nd person sing. indokod indokaid
3rd person sing. indoka indokai
1st person plural indokunk indokaink
2nd person plural indokotok indokaitok
3rd person plural indokuk indokaik

Derived terms

References
  1. indok 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
  • indok 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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