kicsi

== Hungarian == === Etymology === Shortened from kicsiny. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈkit͡ʃi] Hyphenation: ki‧csi Rhymes: -t͡ʃi === Adjective === kicsi (comparative kisebb, superlative legkisebb) little, small Synonyms: kis, kicsike, kicsiny, kicsinyke, pici, picike, apró Antonym: nagy in one's childhood (often used with kor) Synonym: gyerek (especially in compounds, e.g. gyermekkor) ==== Usage notes ==== The numeral két (“two”) and the adjective kis (“small, little”) can only stand adjectively, before a noun (e.g. két alma (“two apples”) and kis alma (“a small apple”)). If they were to occur on their own (possibly also inflected), predicatively, or in reference to a whole noun phrase, the terms kettő (“two”) and kicsi (“small”) must be used instead: Csak kettő van (“There are only two”), Csak kicsi van (“There is a small one only.”) The same applies to compound numerals like tizenkét and tizenkettő (“twelve”). In terms of distribution, két and kis are like English sick (sick people ~ két/kis alma) while kettő and kicsi resemble ill (they are ill ~ csak kettő/kicsi van). The longer forms are definitely broader in use as they may also occur adjectively, whether for emphasis or as a form of colloquialism. As a rule of thumb, the short variants (két, kis) never stand on their own. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Noun === kicsi (plural kicsik) (informal) baby, infant, little child Synonyms: kisgyerek, csecsemő, baba (with a first-person singular single-possession possessive suffix) (my) darling, my dear (an affectionate, familiar term of address) little part, piece, quantity or amount construed with -ben: in small size or scale ==== Declension ==== Its possessive-suffixed forms are very rare, except for the first-person singular single-possession form kicsim. === References === === Further reading === kicsi 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.