sincs

Hungarian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Blend of is +‎ nincs.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈʃint͡ʃ]
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -int͡ʃ

Verb

sincs

  1. there is no …… either, he/she/it is not …… either, not have …… either
    Nincs kutyám, de macskám sincs. ― I don't have a dog, and I don't have a cat, either.
    Senki sincs otthon. ― No one is at home. (literally, “No one is not at home, either.”)

Usage notes
  • It can be viewed as a contraction of sem (“not …… either”) plus nincs (“it/there isn't”).
  • It is used only in third-person present tense, in singular. Plural form: sincsenek.

See also
  • koránt (used in combination as koránt sincs and korántsem)

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

Further reading
  • sincs 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
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.