perec

See also: перец

Hungarian

perec

Etymology

First attested in c. 1395. Borrowed from German Brezel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛrɛt͡s]
• Hyphenation: pe‧rec
• Rhymes: -ɛt͡s

Noun

perec (plural perecek)

1. pretzel (a toasted bread or cracker usually in the shape of a loose knot)
2. bracelet, anklet (a band or chain worn around the wrist or ankle as jewelry/jewellery or an ornament)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	perec	perecek
accusative	perecet	pereceket
dative	perecnek	pereceknek
instrumental	pereccel	perecekkel
causal-final	perecért	perecekért
translative	pereccé	perecekké
terminative	perecig	perecekig
essive-formal	perecként	perecekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	perecben	perecekben
superessive	perecen	pereceken
adessive	perecnél	pereceknél
illative	perecbe	perecekbe
sublative	perecre	perecekre
allative	perechez	perecekhez
elative	perecből	perecekből
delative	perecről	perecekről
ablative	perectől	perecektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	perecé	pereceké
non-attributive possessive - plural	perecéi	perecekéi

Possessive forms of perec
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	perecem	pereceim
2nd person sing.	pereced	pereceid
3rd person sing.	perece	perecei
1st person plural	perecünk	pereceink
2nd person plural	perecetek	pereceitek
3rd person plural	perecük	pereceik

Derived terms

• pereces

 

Compound words

• karperec
• sósperec
• vajasperec
• vállperec

 

Expressions

• kerek perec

 

Further reading

• perec in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian, from German Brezel.

Noun

pèrēc m (Cyrillic spelling пѐре̄ц)

1. pretzel

Declension

Declension of perec

	singular	plural
nominative	perec	pereci
genitive	pereca	pereca
dative	perecu	perecima
accusative	perec	perece
vocative	perecu	pereci
locative	perecu	perecima
instrumental	perecem	perecima