démon

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See also: demon, dêmon, dēmon, and demön

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin dēmōn, daemōn (lar, familiar spirit, guardian spirit), from Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn, dispenser, god, protective spirit) from δαίομαι (daíomai, to divide) +‎ -μων (-mōn), probably motivated as “dispenser of fate”.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

démon m anim

  1. demon

Declension

References

  1. ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “démon”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 138

Further reading

  • démon”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • démon”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

French

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin daemon, from Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /de.mɔ̃/
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Noun

démon m (plural démons, feminine démone)

  1. demon

Further reading

Anagrams

Hungarian

 démon on Hungarian Wikipedia

Pronunciation

Noun

démon (plural démonok)

  1. demon, fiend (evil spirit)
  2. vamp, siren (seductive woman)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative démon démonok
accusative démont démonokat
dative démonnak démonoknak
instrumental démonnal démonokkal
causal-final démonért démonokért
translative démonná démonokká
terminative démonig démonokig
essive-formal démonként démonokként
essive-modal
inessive démonban démonokban
superessive démonon démonokon
adessive démonnál démonoknál
illative démonba démonokba
sublative démonra démonokra
allative démonhoz démonokhoz
elative démonból démonokból
delative démonról démonokról
ablative démontól démonoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
démoné démonoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
démonéi démonokéi
Possessive forms of démon
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. démonom démonaim
2nd person sing. démonod démonaid
3rd person sing. démona démonai
1st person plural démonunk démonaink
2nd person plural démonotok démonaitok
3rd person plural démonuk démonaik

Further reading

  • démon 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
  • démon 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).