Isten
Hungarian
editEtymology
editPresumably a derived term. Its stem was perhaps is, an old variant of ős. Its endings (t and n) are diminutive suffixes.[1]
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editIsten
- God (single god of monotheism)
- A Mindenható Isten Egyháza ― The Church of Almighty God
Declension
edit| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | Isten | Istenek |
| accusative | Istent | Isteneket |
| dative | Istennek | Isteneknek |
| instrumental | Istennel | Istenekkel |
| causal-final | Istenért | Istenekért |
| translative | Istenné | Istenekké |
| terminative | Istenig | Istenekig |
| essive-formal | Istenként | Istenekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | Istenben | Istenekben |
| superessive | Istenen | Isteneken |
| adessive | Istennél | Isteneknél |
| illative | Istenbe | Istenekbe |
| sublative | Istenre | Istenekre |
| allative | Istenhez | Istenekhez |
| elative | Istenből | Istenekből |
| delative | Istenről | Istenekről |
| ablative | Istentől | Istenektől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
Istené | Isteneké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
Istenéi | Istenekéi |
| Possessive forms of Isten | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | Istenem | Isteneim |
| 2nd person sing. | Istened | Isteneid |
| 3rd person sing. | Istene | Istenei |
| 1st person plural | Istenünk | Isteneink |
| 2nd person plural | Istenetek | Isteneitek |
| 3rd person plural | Istenük | Isteneik |
Derived terms
editSee at isten.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Isten 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.)