gyakornok

Hungarian

Etymology

From the dialectal adjective gyakor (“numerous, frequent”) +‎ -nok (noun-forming suffix indicating an occupation). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɟɒkornok]
• Hyphenation: gya‧kor‧nok
• Rhymes: -ok

Noun

gyakornok (plural gyakornokok)

1. apprentice, intern, teaching assistant, trainee

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	gyakornok	gyakornokok
accusative	gyakornokot	gyakornokokat
dative	gyakornoknak	gyakornokoknak
instrumental	gyakornokkal	gyakornokokkal
causal-final	gyakornokért	gyakornokokért
translative	gyakornokká	gyakornokokká
terminative	gyakornokig	gyakornokokig
essive-formal	gyakornokként	gyakornokokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	gyakornokban	gyakornokokban
superessive	gyakornokon	gyakornokokon
adessive	gyakornoknál	gyakornokoknál
illative	gyakornokba	gyakornokokba
sublative	gyakornokra	gyakornokokra
allative	gyakornokhoz	gyakornokokhoz
elative	gyakornokból	gyakornokokból
delative	gyakornokról	gyakornokokról
ablative	gyakornoktól	gyakornokoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	gyakornoké	gyakornokoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	gyakornokéi	gyakornokokéi

Possessive forms of gyakornok
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	gyakornokom	gyakornokaim
2nd person sing.	gyakornokod	gyakornokaid
3rd person sing.	gyakornoka	gyakornokai
1st person plural	gyakornokunk	gyakornokaink
2nd person plural	gyakornokotok	gyakornokaitok
3rd person plural	gyakornokuk	gyakornokaik

Further reading

• gyakornok 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