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csigabiga

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Hungarian

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csigabiga

Etymology

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A playful reduplication of csiga (“snail”).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃiɡɒbiɡɒ]
  • Hyphenation: csi‧ga‧bi‧ga
  • Rhymes: -ɡɒ

Noun

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csigabiga (plural csigabigák)

  1. (childish, humorous) snail (an animal of the class Gastropoda, having a coiled shell)

Declension

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Possessive forms of csigabiga
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. csigabigám csigabigáim
2nd person sing. csigabigád csigabigáid
3rd person sing. csigabigája csigabigái
1st person plural csigabigánk csigabigáink
2nd person plural csigabigátok csigabigáitok
3rd person plural csigabigájuk csigabigáik

References

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  1. ^ csigabiga 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.)

Further reading

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  • csigabiga 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.
  • csigabiga 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).