anekdota

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See also: anekdóta

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

anekdota f

  1. joke

Usage notes

  • This is a false friend.

Declension

Esperanto

Etymology

anekdoto +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

anekdota (accusative singular anekdotan, plural anekdotaj, accusative plural anekdotajn)

  1. anecdotal
    • Sten Johansson, “Mankas io,” review of Johan Hammond Rosbach, La mirinda eliksiro,
      liaj noveloj plej ofte estas leĝeraj, humuraj, konstruitaj ĉirkaŭ simpla anekdota kerno.
      his short stories are most often light, humorous, built around a simple anecdotal kernel.

Hiligaynon

Noun

anékdota

  1. anecdote

Hungarian

 anekdota on Hungarian Wikipedia

Etymology

Internationalism (ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀνέκδοτος (anékdotos, accounts unpublished), see more at English anecdote), via German Anekdote and French anecdote.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: anek‧do‧ta
  • Rhymes: -tɒ

Noun

anekdota (plural anekdoták)

  1. anecdote (short account of a real incident or person)
    Synonym: adoma (although this features entirely fictional, abstract characters, while an anecdote is linked to existing historical figures)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative anekdota anekdoták
accusative anekdotát anekdotákat
dative anekdotának anekdotáknak
instrumental anekdotával anekdotákkal
causal-final anekdotáért anekdotákért
translative anekdotává anekdotákká
terminative anekdotáig anekdotákig
essive-formal anekdotaként anekdotákként
essive-modal
inessive anekdotában anekdotákban
superessive anekdotán anekdotákon
adessive anekdotánál anekdotáknál
illative anekdotába anekdotákba
sublative anekdotára anekdotákra
allative anekdotához anekdotákhoz
elative anekdotából anekdotákból
delative anekdotáról anekdotákról
ablative anekdotától anekdotáktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
anekdotáé anekdotáké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
anekdotáéi anekdotákéi
Possessive forms of anekdota
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. anekdotám anekdotáim
2nd person sing. anekdotád anekdotáid
3rd person sing. anekdotája anekdotái
1st person plural anekdotánk anekdotáink
2nd person plural anekdotátok anekdotáitok
3rd person plural anekdotájuk anekdotáik

References

  1. ^ anekdota in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.

Further reading

  • anekdota 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
  • anekdota 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).

Slovak

Pronunciation

Noun

anekdota f (genitive singular anekdoty, nominative plural anekdoty, genitive plural anekdot, declension pattern of žena)

  1. anecdote

Declension

References

  • anekdota”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024