mamuz

Hungarian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مهمز (mahmuz), from Persian مهمیز (mahmiz), from Arabic مِهْمَاز (mihmāz, “spur”). Modern Turkish spelling is mahmuz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɒmuz]
• Hyphenation: ma‧muz
• Rhymes: -uz

Noun

mamuz (plural mamuzok)

1. (obsolete) spur

   Synonym: sarkantyú

   • 1651, Miklós Zrínyi, Szigeti veszedelem^[1] (“The Siege of Sziget”,^[2] literally “The Peril of Sziget”), Franklin (1901), canto 5, stanza 62; translation by László Kőrössy:

     Nagy mamuz az lábán kemény földet szántja, / Kemény fringia-kard oldalát támasztja; / Ez volt szigeti leventáknak virágja, / Bölcs, erős, gyors, haragos, mikor akarja.

     A large spur on his foot plows the hard earth, / A hard Fringian sword supports his flank; / This was the flower of Sziget’s knights, / Wise, strong, fast, fierce, when he wants.

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	mamuz	mamuzok
accusative	mamuzt	mamuzokat
dative	mamuznak	mamuzoknak
instrumental	mamuzzal	mamuzokkal
causal-final	mamuzért	mamuzokért
translative	mamuzzá	mamuzokká
terminative	mamuzig	mamuzokig
essive-formal	mamuzként	mamuzokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	mamuzban	mamuzokban
superessive	mamuzon	mamuzokon
adessive	mamuznál	mamuzoknál
illative	mamuzba	mamuzokba
sublative	mamuzra	mamuzokra
allative	mamuzhoz	mamuzokhoz
elative	mamuzból	mamuzokból
delative	mamuzról	mamuzokról
ablative	mamuztól	mamuzoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	mamuzé	mamuzoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	mamuzéi	mamuzokéi

Possessive forms of mamuz
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	mamuzom	mamuzaim
2nd person sing.	mamuzod	mamuzaid
3rd person sing.	mamuza	mamuzai
1st person plural	mamuzunk	mamuzaink
2nd person plural	mamuzotok	mamuzaitok
3rd person plural	mamuzuk	mamuzaik

See also

• mamusz (“felt slippers”)