vacak

Hungarian

Etymology

A semantic split from vacok (“tattered clothes; disorderly lair”).^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɒt͡sɒk]
• Hyphenation: va‧cak
• Rhymes: -ɒk

Adjective

vacak (comparative vacakabb, superlative legvacakabb)

1. trashy, lousy, rotten, worthless, poor

   Synonyms: silány, hitvány, rossz minőségű

2. (of a person) despicable

   Synonyms: hitvány, semmirekellő

3. (of an object) stupid, bad (emphasizing disparagement)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	vacak	vacakok
accusative	vacakot	vacakokat
dative	vacaknak	vacakoknak
instrumental	vacakkal	vacakokkal
causal-final	vacakért	vacakokért
translative	vacakká	vacakokká
terminative	vacakig	vacakokig
essive-formal	vacakként	vacakokként
essive-modal	vacakul	—
inessive	vacakban	vacakokban
superessive	vacakon	vacakokon
adessive	vacaknál	vacakoknál
illative	vacakba	vacakokba
sublative	vacakra	vacakokra
allative	vacakhoz	vacakokhoz
elative	vacakból	vacakokból
delative	vacakról	vacakokról
ablative	vacaktól	vacakoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	vacaké	vacakoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	vacakéi	vacakokéi

Derived terms

• vacakság

 

Noun

vacak (plural vacakok or vackok)

1. junk, trash (a worthless thing)

   Synonyms: limlom, szemét, selejt

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	vacak	vacakok
accusative	vacakot	vacakokat
dative	vacaknak	vacakoknak
instrumental	vacakkal	vacakokkal
causal-final	vacakért	vacakokért
translative	vacakká	vacakokká
terminative	vacakig	vacakokig
essive-formal	vacakként	vacakokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	vacakban	vacakokban
superessive	vacakon	vacakokon
adessive	vacaknál	vacakoknál
illative	vacakba	vacakokba
sublative	vacakra	vacakokra
allative	vacakhoz	vacakokhoz
elative	vacakból	vacakokból
delative	vacakról	vacakokról
ablative	vacaktól	vacakoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	vacaké	vacakoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	vacakéi	vacakokéi

Possessive forms of vacak
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	vacakom	vacakjaim
2nd person sing.	vacakod	vacakjaid
3rd person sing.	vacakja	vacakjai
1st person plural	vacakunk	vacakjaink
2nd person plural	vacakotok	vacakjaitok
3rd person plural	vacakjuk	vacakjaik

It may be a fleeting-vowel noun as well (somewhat folksy):

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	vacak	vackok
accusative	vackot	vackokat
dative	vacaknak	vackoknak
instrumental	vacakkal	vackokkal
causal-final	vacakért	vackokért
translative	vacakká	vackokká
terminative	vacakig	vackokig
essive-formal	vacakként	vackokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	vacakban	vackokban
superessive	vackon	vackokon
adessive	vacaknál	vackoknál
illative	vacakba	vackokba
sublative	vacakra	vackokra
allative	vacakhoz	vackokhoz
elative	vacakból	vackokból
delative	vacakról	vackokról
ablative	vacaktól	vackoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	vacaké	vackoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	vacakéi	vackokéi

Possessive forms of vacak
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	vackom	vackaim
2nd person sing.	vackod	vackaid
3rd person sing.	vacka	vackai
1st person plural	vackunk	vackaink
2nd person plural	vackotok	vackaitok
3rd person plural	vackuk	vackaik

Derived terms

• vacakol

 

See also

• vacok (some of the fleeting-vowel forms of the above coincide with the forms of this noun)

References

1. vacak in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.

Further reading

• vacak 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