borostyán
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borostyán
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from German Bernstein.
Noun
borostyán (countable and uncountable, plural borostyánok)
- amber
- Synonym: borostyánkő
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | borostyán | borostyánok |
| accusative | borostyánt | borostyánokat |
| dative | borostyánnak | borostyánoknak |
| instrumental | borostyánnal | borostyánokkal |
| causal-final | borostyánért | borostyánokért |
| translative | borostyánná | borostyánokká |
| terminative | borostyánig | borostyánokig |
| essive-formal | borostyánként | borostyánokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | borostyánban | borostyánokban |
| superessive | borostyánon | borostyánokon |
| adessive | borostyánnál | borostyánoknál |
| illative | borostyánba | borostyánokba |
| sublative | borostyánra | borostyánokra |
| allative | borostyánhoz | borostyánokhoz |
| elative | borostyánból | borostyánokból |
| delative | borostyánról | borostyánokról |
| ablative | borostyántól | borostyánoktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
borostyáné | borostyánoké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
borostyánéi | borostyánokéi |
| Possessive forms of borostyán | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | borostyánom | borostyánjaim |
| 2nd person sing. | borostyánod | borostyánjaid |
| 3rd person sing. | borostyánja | borostyánjai |
| 1st person plural | borostyánunk | borostyánjaink |
| 2nd person plural | borostyánotok | borostyánjaitok |
| 3rd person plural | borostyánjuk | borostyánjaik |
Derived terms
Compound words
Etymology 2
Borrowed from a Slavic language; see Russian берескле́т (beresklét) for more on the form and etymology. Opposed to native repkény for the ground ivy, as the ivy is not capable of bearing much cold so that it does not occur beyond the lower Volga, therefore the borrowing.
Noun
borostyán (countable and uncountable, plural borostyánok)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | borostyán | borostyánok |
| accusative | borostyánt | borostyánokat |
| dative | borostyánnak | borostyánoknak |
| instrumental | borostyánnal | borostyánokkal |
| causal-final | borostyánért | borostyánokért |
| translative | borostyánná | borostyánokká |
| terminative | borostyánig | borostyánokig |
| essive-formal | borostyánként | borostyánokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | borostyánban | borostyánokban |
| superessive | borostyánon | borostyánokon |
| adessive | borostyánnál | borostyánoknál |
| illative | borostyánba | borostyánokba |
| sublative | borostyánra | borostyánokra |
| allative | borostyánhoz | borostyánokhoz |
| elative | borostyánból | borostyánokból |
| delative | borostyánról | borostyánokról |
| ablative | borostyántól | borostyánoktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
borostyáné | borostyánoké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
borostyánéi | borostyánokéi |
| Possessive forms of borostyán | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | borostyánom | borostyánjaim |
| 2nd person sing. | borostyánod | borostyánjaid |
| 3rd person sing. | borostyánja | borostyánjai |
| 1st person plural | borostyánunk | borostyánjaink |
| 2nd person plural | borostyánotok | borostyánjaitok |
| 3rd person plural | borostyánjuk | borostyánjaik |
References
- Sullivan, William Kirby (1859) “On the influence which the Physical Geography, the Animal and Vegetable Productions, etc. of different regions exert upon the Languages, Mythology, and early Literature of Mankind, with reference to its employment as a test of Ethnological Hypotheses”, in The Atlantis. A Register of Literature and Science, volume II, page 168
- borostyán 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.)
Further reading
- (amber): borostyán 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
- (ivy): borostyán 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
- borostyán in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)