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ispán

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See also: ispan and išpan

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Hungarian ispán, from a Slavic language.

Noun

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ispán (plural ispáns)

  1. (historical) The leader of a castle district or county in the Kingdom of Hungary from the early 11th century.

Derived terms

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Anagrams

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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From a Slavic language. Compare Serbo-Croatian župan (head of a district).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈiʃpaːn]
  • Hyphenation: is‧pán
  • Rhymes: -aːn

Noun

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ispán (plural ispánok)

  1. (historical) count (leader of a county in the Kingdom of Hungary)

Declension

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Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative ispán ispánok
accusative ispánt ispánokat
dative ispánnak ispánoknak
instrumental ispánnal ispánokkal
causal-final ispánért ispánokért
translative ispánná ispánokká
terminative ispánig ispánokig
essive-formal ispánként ispánokként
essive-modal
inessive ispánban ispánokban
superessive ispánon ispánokon
adessive ispánnál ispánoknál
illative ispánba ispánokba
sublative ispánra ispánokra
allative ispánhoz ispánokhoz
elative ispánból ispánokból
delative ispánról ispánokról
ablative ispántól ispánoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
ispáné ispánoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
ispánéi ispánokéi
Possessive forms of ispán
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. ispánom ispánjaim
2nd person sing. ispánod ispánjaid
3rd person sing. ispánja ispánjai
1st person plural ispánunk ispánjaink
2nd person plural ispánotok ispánjaitok
3rd person plural ispánjuk ispánjaik

Derived terms

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Compound words

Descendants

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  • German: Gespan
  • Serbo-Croatian: špan, išpan

References

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  1. ^ ispán in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

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  • ispán 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