indok

Etymology

Shortened from indító (“starting”) ok (“cause, reason, motive”). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈindok]
Hyphenation: in‧dok
Rhymes: -ok

Noun

indok (plural indokok)

cause, motivation, reason, motive, argument

Declension

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Inflection (stem in *-o-*, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	indok	indokok
accusative	indokot	indokokat
dative	indoknak	indokoknak
instrumental	indokkal	indokokkal
causal-final	indokért	indokokért
translative	indokká	indokokká
terminative	indokig	indokokig
essive-formal	indokként	indokokként
essive-modal	indokul	—
inessive	indokban	indokokban
superessive	indokon	indokokon
adessive	indoknál	indokoknál
illative	indokba	indokokba
sublative	indokra	indokokra
allative	indokhoz	indokokhoz
elative	indokból	indokokból
delative	indokról	indokokról
ablative	indoktól	indokoktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	indoké	indokoké
non-attributive possessive – plural	indokéi	indokokéi

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More information possessor, single possession ...

Possessive forms of *indok*
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	indokom	indokaim
2nd person sing.	indokod	indokaid
3rd person sing.	indoka	indokai
1st person plural	indokunk	indokaink
2nd person plural	indokotok	indokaitok
3rd person plural	indokuk	indokaik

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Derived terms

indokol

References

[1]
indok in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)