kiskapu

Hungarian

kiskapu, Paks, Hungary

kiskapu, Dombóvár, Hungary

Etymology

kis (“small”) +‎ kapu (“gate”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkiʃkɒpu]
• Hyphenation: kis‧ka‧pu
• Rhymes: -pu

Noun

kiskapu (plural kiskapuk)

1. small gate/door (a gate for pedestrians next to a large gate for vehicles; or just a small gate on its own)
2. (figuratively) loophole (an opportunity to outwit and evade the law, prohibition or other rules)

   Synonyms: ürügy, kibúvó, kifogás, kiút, egérút

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	kiskapu	kiskapuk
accusative	kiskaput	kiskapukat
dative	kiskapunak	kiskapuknak
instrumental	kiskapuval	kiskapukkal
causal-final	kiskapuért	kiskapukért
translative	kiskapuvá	kiskapukká
terminative	kiskapuig	kiskapukig
essive-formal	kiskapuként	kiskapukként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	kiskapuban	kiskapukban
superessive	kiskapun	kiskapukon
adessive	kiskapunál	kiskapuknál
illative	kiskapuba	kiskapukba
sublative	kiskapura	kiskapukra
allative	kiskapuhoz	kiskapukhoz
elative	kiskapuból	kiskapukból
delative	kiskapuról	kiskapukról
ablative	kiskaputól	kiskapuktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	kiskapué	kiskapuké
non-attributive possessive - plural	kiskapuéi	kiskapukéi

Possessive forms of kiskapu
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	kiskapum	kiskapuim
2nd person sing.	kiskapud	kiskapuid
3rd person sing.	kiskapuja	kiskapui
1st person plural	kiskapunk	kiskapuink
2nd person plural	kiskaputok	kiskapuitok
3rd person plural	kiskapujuk	kiskapuik

Derived terms

• kiskapus

 

Further reading

• kiskapu 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