firkant

Danish

Etymology

fire (“four”) +‎ kant (“edge”)

Noun

firkant c (singular definite firkanten, plural indefinite firkanter)

1. (geometry) A quadrangle. (quadrilateral polygon)
2. (rare) foursome, sex act between four people
   • 2011, Joan Ørting, Vær åben: energi og glæde i parforholdet, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN, page 202:

     Vi skal ikke tro, at en trekant eller firkant kan redde vores nye forhold eller et skrantende sexliv.

     We must not believe that a threesome or foursome can save our new relationship or faltering sex life.

   • 2016, Klaus Rifbjerg, Tango eller Syv osmotiske fortællinger, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:

     Man muss handlen!^[sic] Aussage machen. Hauptsätze, sozusagen! Derfor tænkte jeg mig heller ikke så meget om, men gjorde mig til spydspids for indre impulser. Jeg kom farende tilbage med disse bajere og foreslår jer nu en festlig firkant.

     One must act! Make a statement. Main clauses, so to speak! I therefore did not consider the matter at length, either, but made myself speartip of inner impulses. I came rushing back with these beers and now propose to you a festive foursome.

   • 2016, Elle Kennedy, translated by Merete Rostrup, Dømt ude: Off-campus 3, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:

     Vi taler firkant med tre villige kvinder.

     We're talking a foursome with three willing women.

Declension

Declension of firkant

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	firkant	firkanten	firkanter	firkanterne
genitive	firkants	firkantens	firkanters	firkanternes

Hypernyms

• polygon

Hyponyms

• kvadrat, rektangel, trapez, parallelogram

Derived terms

• firkantet

Hungarian

Etymology

First attested in 1804. From the firk- stem of firkál +‎ -ant (instantaneous verb-forming suffix). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfirkɒnt]
• Hyphenation: fir‧kant
• Rhymes: -ɒnt

Verb

firkant

1. (transitive) to scribble, scrawl, jot (to write hurriedly)

Conjugation

conjugation of firkant

Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
Indica­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	firkantok	firkantasz	firkant	firkantunk	firkantotok	firkantanak
		Def.	firkantom	firkantod	firkantja	firkantjuk	firkantjátok	firkantják
		2nd-p. o.	firkantalak	―
	Past	Indef.	firkantottam	firkantottál	firkantott	firkantottunk	firkantottatok	firkantottak
		Def.	firkantottam	firkantottad	firkantotta	firkantottuk	firkantottátok	firkantották
		2nd-p. o.	firkantottalak	―
	Future		Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. firkantani fog.
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	firkanték	firkantál	firkanta	firkantánk	firkantátok	firkantának
		Def.	firkantám	firkantád	firkantá	firkantánk	firkantátok	firkanták
		2nd-p. o.	firkantálak	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. firkant vala, firkantott vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	firkantandok	firkantandasz	firkantand	firkantandunk	firkantandotok	firkantandanak
		Def.	firkantandom	firkantandod	firkantandja	firkantandjuk	firkantandjátok	firkantandják
		2nd-p. o.	firkantandalak	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	firkantanék	firkantanál	firkantana	firkantanánk	firkantanátok	firkantanának
		Def.	firkantanám	firkantanád	firkantaná	firkantanánk (or firkantanók)	firkantanátok	firkantanák
		2nd-p. o.	firkantanálak	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. firkantott volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	firkantsak	firkants or firkantsál	firkantson	firkantsunk	firkantsatok	firkantsanak
		Def.	firkantsam	firkantsd or firkantsad	firkantsa	firkantsuk	firkantsátok	firkantsák
		2nd-p. o.	firkantsalak	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. firkantott légyen
Infinitive	firkantani		firkantanom	firkantanod	firkantania	firkantanunk	firkantanotok	firkantaniuk
Other forms	Verbal noun		Present part.	Past part.	Future part.	Adverbial participle		Causative
	firkantás		firkantó	firkantott	firkantandó	firkantva (firkantván)
The archaic passive conjugation had the same -(t)at/-(t)et suffix as the causative, followed by -ik in the 3rd-person singular (and the concomitant changes in conditional and subjunctive mostly in the 1st- and 3rd-person singular like with other traditional -ik verbs).

potential conjugation of firkant

Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
Indica­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	firkanthatok	firkanthatsz	firkanthat	firkanthatunk	firkanthattok	firkanthatnak
		Def.	firkanthatom	firkanthatod	firkanthatja	firkanthatjuk	firkanthatjátok	firkanthatják
		2nd-p. o.	firkanthatlak	―
	Past	Indef.	firkanthattam	firkanthattál	firkanthatott	firkanthattunk	firkanthattatok	firkanthattak
		Def.	firkanthattam	firkanthattad	firkanthatta	firkanthattuk	firkanthattátok	firkanthatták
		2nd-p. o.	firkanthattalak	―
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	firkanthaték	firkanthatál	firkanthata	firkanthatánk	firkanthatátok	firkanthatának
		Def.	firkanthatám	firkanthatád	firkanthatá	firkanthatánk	firkanthatátok	firkanthaták
		2nd-p. o.	firkanthatálak	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. firkanthat vala, firkanthatott vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	firkanthatandok or firkantandhatok	firkanthatandasz or firkantandhatsz	firkanthatand or firkantandhat	firkanthatandunk or firkantandhatunk	firkanthatandotok or firkantandhattok	firkanthatandanak or firkantandhatnak
		Def.	firkanthatandom or firkantandhatom	firkanthatandod or firkantandhatod	firkanthatandja or firkantandhatja	firkanthatandjuk or firkantandhatjuk	firkanthatandjátok or firkantandhatjátok	firkanthatandják or firkantandhatják
		2nd-p. o.	firkanthatandalak or firkantandhatlak	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	firkanthatnék	firkanthatnál	firkanthatna	firkanthatnánk	firkanthatnátok	firkanthatnának
		Def.	firkanthatnám	firkanthatnád	firkanthatná	firkanthatnánk (or firkanthatnók)	firkanthatnátok	firkanthatnák
		2nd-p. o.	firkanthatnálak	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. firkanthatott volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	firkanthassak	firkanthass or firkanthassál	firkanthasson	firkanthassunk	firkanthassatok	firkanthassanak
		Def.	firkanthassam	firkanthasd or firkanthassad	firkanthassa	firkanthassuk	firkanthassátok	firkanthassák
		2nd-p. o.	firkanthassalak	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. firkanthatott légyen
Inf.	(firkanthatni)		(firkanthatnom)	(firkanthatnod)	(firkanthatnia)	(firkanthatnunk)	(firkanthatnotok)	(firkanthatniuk)
Positive adjective			firkantható	Neg. adj.	firkanthatatlan	Adv. part.	(firkanthatva / firkanthatván)

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

• aláfirkant
• belefirkant
• felfirkant
• idefirkant
• lefirkant
• odafirkant
• ráfirkant

Further reading

• firkant 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
• firkant 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 2024).

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From fire +‎ kant.

Noun

firkant m (definite singular firkanten, indefinite plural firkanter, definite plural firkantene)

1. (geometry) a quadrilateral (four-sided polygon)

Related terms

• kvadrat
• rektangel

References

• “firkant” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From fire +‎ kant.

Noun

firkant m (definite singular firkanten, indefinite plural firkantar, definite plural firkantane)

1. (geometry) a quadrilateral (four-sided polygon)

Related terms

• kvadrat
• rektangel

References

• “firkant” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.