embertan

Hungarian

Etymology

ember (“man”) +‎ tan (“science, lore”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛmbɛrtɒn]
• Hyphenation: em‧ber‧tan
• Rhymes: -ɒn

Noun

embertan (usually uncountable, plural embertanok)

1. Synonym of antropológia (“anthropology”)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	embertan	embertanok
accusative	embertant	embertanokat
dative	embertannak	embertanoknak
instrumental	embertannal	embertanokkal
causal-final	embertanért	embertanokért
translative	embertanná	embertanokká
terminative	embertanig	embertanokig
essive-formal	embertanként	embertanokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	embertanban	embertanokban
superessive	embertanon	embertanokon
adessive	embertannál	embertanoknál
illative	embertanba	embertanokba
sublative	embertanra	embertanokra
allative	embertanhoz	embertanokhoz
elative	embertanból	embertanokból
delative	embertanról	embertanokról
ablative	embertantól	embertanoktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	embertané	embertanoké
non-attributive possessive – plural	embertanéi	embertanokéi

Possessive forms of embertan

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	embertanom	embertanaim
2nd person sing.	embertanod	embertanaid
3rd person sing.	embertana	embertanai
1st person plural	embertanunk	embertanaink
2nd person plural	embertanotok	embertanaitok
3rd person plural	embertanuk	embertanaik

Further reading

• embertan 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
• embertan 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).