PhD

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See also: Ph.D.

English

Noun

PhD (plural PhDs)

  1. Alternative form of Ph.D.
    • 2019 July 1, Lauren M. Johnson, “New species of bee fly named after ‘Game of Thrones’ character”, in CNN:
      “Xuankun Li, who named the bee fly Paramonovius nightking, is a PhD student at CSIRO and a huge fan of ‘Game of Thrones,’ proving that inspiration for new species names can come from anywhere,” entomologist Dr. Bryan Lessard said in a statement.

Anagrams

Hungarian

Etymology

Abbreviation of philosophiae doctor.

Pronunciation

Noun

PhD (plural PhD-k)

  1. Ph.D.

Declension

If the pronunciation is /ˈpeːɦaːdeː/:

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative PhD PhD-k
accusative PhD-t PhD-kat
dative PhD-nak PhD-knak
instrumental PhD-val PhD-kkal
causal-final PhD-ért PhD-kért
translative PhD-vá PhD-kká
terminative PhD-ig PhD-kig
essive-formal PhD-ként PhD-kként
essive-modal
inessive PhD-ban PhD-kban
superessive PhD-n PhD-kon
adessive PhD-nál PhD-knál
illative PhD-ba PhD-kba
sublative PhD-ra PhD-kra
allative PhD-hoz PhD-khoz
elative PhD-ból PhD-kból
delative PhD-ról PhD-król
ablative PhD-tól PhD-któl
non-attributive
possessive – singular
PhD-é PhD-ké
non-attributive
possessive – plural
PhD-éi PhD-kéi
Possessive forms of PhD
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. PhD-m PhD-im
2nd person sing. PhD-d PhD-id
3rd person sing. PhD-ja PhD-i
1st person plural PhD-nk PhD-ink
2nd person plural PhD-tok PhD-itok
3rd person plural PhD-juk PhD-ik

If the pronunciation is /ˈpiːʲeːd͡ʒdiː/:

Possessive forms of PhD
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. PhD-m PhD-im
2nd person sing. PhD-d PhD-id
3rd person sing. PhD-je PhD-i
1st person plural PhD-nk PhD-ink
2nd person plural PhD-tek PhD-itek
3rd person plural PhD-jük PhD-ik