bacilus

Hungarian

Etymology

From New Latin bacillus, from Late Latin bacillum (“little rod, wand”), diminutive of baculum (“stick”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɒt͡siluʃ]

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• Hyphenation: ba‧ci‧lus
• Rhymes: -uʃ

Noun

bacilus (plural bacilusok)

1. bacillus (any of various rod-shaped, spore-forming aerobic bacteria in the genus Bacillus)
2. (colloquial, loosely, proscribed) bacterium, germ

   Synonyms: (childish) baci, kórokozó

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	bacilus	bacilusok
accusative	bacilust	bacilusokat
dative	bacilusnak	bacilusoknak
instrumental	bacilussal	bacilusokkal
causal-final	bacilusért	bacilusokért
translative	bacilussá	bacilusokká
terminative	bacilusig	bacilusokig
essive-formal	bacilusként	bacilusokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	bacilusban	bacilusokban
superessive	baciluson	bacilusokon
adessive	bacilusnál	bacilusoknál
illative	bacilusba	bacilusokba
sublative	bacilusra	bacilusokra
allative	bacilushoz	bacilusokhoz
elative	bacilusból	bacilusokból
delative	bacilusról	bacilusokról
ablative	bacilustól	bacilusoktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	bacilusé	bacilusoké
non-attributive possessive – plural	baciluséi	bacilusokéi

Possessive forms of bacilus

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	bacilusom	bacilusaim
2nd person sing.	bacilusod	bacilusaid
3rd person sing.	bacilusa	bacilusai
1st person plural	bacilusunk	bacilusaink
2nd person plural	bacilusotok	bacilusaitok
3rd person plural	bacilusuk	bacilusaik

See also

• baktérium

Further reading

• bacilus 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.
• bacilus in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2026).