titok

Hungarian

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Ugric *tajɜ-ttɜ- (“to hide, keep something secret”) + -k (noun-forming suffix).[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈtitok]
  • Hyphenation: ti‧tok
  • Rhymes: -ok

Noun

titok (plural titkok)

  1. secret (a piece of knowledge that is hidden and intended to be kept hidden)

Declension
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative titok titkok
accusative titkot titkokat
dative titoknak titkoknak
instrumental titokkal titkokkal
causal-final titokért titkokért
translative titokká titkokká
terminative titokig titkokig
essive-formal titokként titkokként
essive-modal — —
inessive titokban titkokban
superessive titkon titkokon
adessive titoknál titkoknál
illative titokba titkokba
sublative titokra titkokra
allative titokhoz titkokhoz
elative titokból titkokból
delative titokról titkokról
ablative titoktól titkoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular		 titoké titkoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural		 titokéi titkokéi
Possessive forms of titok
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. titkom titkaim
2nd person sing. titkod titkaid
3rd person sing. titka titkai
1st person plural titkunk titkaink
2nd person plural titkotok titkaitok
3rd person plural titkuk titkaik

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Adjective

titok (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) secret (being or kept hidden)
    Synonym: titkos

Derived terms

References
  1. Entry #1855 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. titok 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
  • titok 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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