antikva

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Etymology

From English antique, French antique, German antik, Italian antico, Russian антиква́рный (antikvárnyj), Spanish antiguo, all ultimately from Latin antīquus.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ikva
  • Hyphenation: an‧tik‧va

Adjective

antikva (accusative singular antikvan, plural antikvaj, accusative plural antikvajn)

  1. antique, ancient
    • 1908, René Artigues, La filino de la feinoj, from the collection Laŭroj Project Gutenberg transcription
      Ŝia korpo superis la plej neriproĉindajn ĉefverkojn de la antikva kaj nuntempa skulptarto.
      Her body surpassed the most irreproachable masterworks of ancient and modern sculpture.
    Synonyms: grandaĝa, malnovega

Hungarian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin antīqua littera (“classic letter”),[1] from the nominative feminine singular of antīquus (“old, ancient, classic”). Doublet of antik.

Pronunciation

Noun

antikva (countable and uncountable, plural antikvák)

  1. (typography) roman type (upright, not italic)
    Synonym: álló (betű/szedés)
    Antonym: dőlt/kurzív (betű/szedés)
  2. (typography, now rare) the (classic) Latin script, often though not exclusively with serif, with a (strong) contrast between full and connecting strokes
    Synonym: latin betűtípus/írás
    Coordinate terms: (blackletter) gót betű, cirill betű, héber írás, arab írás
  3. (palaeography) a (historically significant) sixteenth-century publication
    Coordinate term: (incunable, printed before the 16th century) ősnyomtatvány

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative antikva antikvák
accusative antikvát antikvákat
dative antikvának antikváknak
instrumental antikvával antikvákkal
causal-final antikváért antikvákért
translative antikvává antikvákká
terminative antikváig antikvákig
essive-formal antikvaként antikvákként
essive-modal — —
inessive antikvában antikvákban
superessive antikván antikvákon
adessive antikvánál antikváknál
illative antikvába antikvákba
sublative antikvára antikvákra
allative antikvához antikvákhoz
elative antikvából antikvákból
delative antikváról antikvákról
ablative antikvától antikváktól
non-attributive
possessive – singular 		antikváé antikváké
non-attributive
possessive – plural 		antikváéi antikvákéi
Possessive forms of antikva
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. antikvám antikváim
2nd person sing. antikvád antikváid
3rd person sing. antikvája antikvái
1st person plural antikvánk antikváink
2nd person plural antikvátok antikváitok
3rd person plural antikvájuk antikváik

References

  1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

Further reading

  • antikva 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
  • antikva 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).
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