rovar

See also: rövar

Hungarian

Etymology

Blend of rovátkolt +‎ barom, after the synonymous Latin insectum (“insect; literally, ‘notched one’”). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrovɒr]
• Hyphenation: ro‧var
• Rhymes: -ɒr

Noun

rovar (plural rovarok)

1. insect

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	rovar	rovarok
accusative	rovarot	rovarokat
dative	rovarnak	rovaroknak
instrumental	rovarral	rovarokkal
causal-final	rovarért	rovarokért
translative	rovarrá	rovarokká
terminative	rovarig	rovarokig
essive-formal	rovarként	rovarokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	rovarban	rovarokban
superessive	rovaron	rovarokon
adessive	rovarnál	rovaroknál
illative	rovarba	rovarokba
sublative	rovarra	rovarokra
allative	rovarhoz	rovarokhoz
elative	rovarból	rovarokból
delative	rovarról	rovarokról
ablative	rovartól	rovaroktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	rovaré	rovaroké
non-attributive possessive – plural	rovaréi	rovarokéi

Possessive forms of rovar

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	rovarom	rovaraim, rovarjaim
2nd person sing.	rovarod	rovaraid, rovarjaid
3rd person sing.	rovara, rovarja	rovarai, rovarjai
1st person plural	rovarunk	rovaraink, rovarjaink
2nd person plural	rovarotok	rovaraitok, rovarjaitok
3rd person plural	rovaruk, rovarjuk	rovaraik, rovarjaik

Derived terms

• rovarcsípés
• rovartan

Further reading

• rovar in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.