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uccu

Hungarian

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Etymology

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Possibly from a cry to encourage hunting dogs, compare uszít. First attested in 1777.[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Interjection

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uccu

  1. come on!, go! (encouraging or urging someone to take action)
    Synonyms: rajta, gyerünk

References

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  1. ^ uccu in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2025.
  2. ^ uccu in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN

Further reading

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  • uccu 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.

Old Irish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *-gusom, prefixed with uss-.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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uccu n

  1. choice

Inflection

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Neuter indeclinable
singular dual plural
nominative uccu uccu uccu
vocative uccu uccu uccu
accusative uccu uccu uccu
genitive uccu uccu uccu
dative uccu uccu uccu
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
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Mutation

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Mutation of uccu
radical lenition nasalization
uccu
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)		 uccu n-uccu

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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