diftongus
Hungarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Late Latin diphthongus, from Ancient Greek δίφθογγος (díphthongos, “diphthong”), from δι- (di-, “two”) + φθόγγος (phthóngos, “sound”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]diftongus (plural diftongusok)
- (phonetics) diphthong
- Synonym: kettőshangzó
Declension
[edit]| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | diftongus | diftongusok |
| accusative | diftongust | diftongusokat |
| dative | diftongusnak | diftongusoknak |
| instrumental | diftongussal | diftongusokkal |
| causal-final | diftongusért | diftongusokért |
| translative | diftongussá | diftongusokká |
| terminative | diftongusig | diftongusokig |
| essive-formal | diftongusként | diftongusokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | diftongusban | diftongusokban |
| superessive | diftonguson | diftongusokon |
| adessive | diftongusnál | diftongusoknál |
| illative | diftongusba | diftongusokba |
| sublative | diftongusra | diftongusokra |
| allative | diftongushoz | diftongusokhoz |
| elative | diftongusból | diftongusokból |
| delative | diftongusról | diftongusokról |
| ablative | diftongustól | diftongusoktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
diftongusé | diftongusoké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
diftonguséi | diftongusokéi |
| Possessive forms of diftongus | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | diftongusom | diftongusaim |
| 2nd person sing. | diftongusod | diftongusaid |
| 3rd person sing. | diftongusa | diftongusai |
| 1st person plural | diftongusunk | diftongusaink |
| 2nd person plural | diftongusotok | diftongusaitok |
| 3rd person plural | diftongusuk | diftongusaik |
References
[edit]- ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN
Further reading
[edit]- diftongus 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
- diftongus 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).
Latvian
[edit]Noun
[edit]diftongus m