István
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See also: Ištvan
Hungarian
Etymology
Ultimately from Ancient Greek Στέφανος (Stéphanos). Greek names usually reached the Hungarian language via Latin (see Latin Stephanus) or Slavic (see e.g. Štefan). But the German Stephan also influenced the formation of the old Hungarian name Estefán ~ Istefán, from which today's István was created. There are written occurrences of the names Stephanus, Stefanus, Stepanus from the first years of the 11th century, and later on, the forms Stephan, Stepan, Stefan appear more and more often in certificates.[1]
Pronunciation
Proper noun
István
- a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Stephen
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | István | Istvánok |
| accusative | Istvánt | Istvánokat |
| dative | Istvánnak | Istvánoknak |
| instrumental | Istvánnal | Istvánokkal |
| causal-final | Istvánért | Istvánokért |
| translative | Istvánná | Istvánokká |
| terminative | Istvánig | Istvánokig |
| essive-formal | Istvánként | Istvánokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | Istvánban | Istvánokban |
| superessive | Istvánon | Istvánokon |
| adessive | Istvánnál | Istvánoknál |
| illative | Istvánba | Istvánokba |
| sublative | Istvánra | Istvánokra |
| allative | Istvánhoz | Istvánokhoz |
| elative | Istvánból | Istvánokból |
| delative | Istvánról | Istvánokról |
| ablative | Istvántól | Istvánoktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
Istváné | Istvánoké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
Istvánéi | Istvánokéi |
| Possessive forms of István | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | Istvánom | Istvánjaim |
| 2nd person sing. | Istvánod | Istvánjaid |
| 3rd person sing. | Istvánja | Istvánjai |
| 1st person plural | Istvánunk | Istvánjaink |
| 2nd person plural | Istvánotok | Istvánjaitok |
| 3rd person plural | Istvánjuk | Istvánjaik |
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References
- ^ Fercsik, Erzsébet - Raátz, Judit: Keresztnevek Enciklopédiája (Encyclopedia of Christian Names), Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2009
Further reading
- “István”, in Utónévkereső [Given Name Finder], HUN-REN Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2013–present.