démon
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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”.
Pronunciation
Noun
démon m anim
Declension
Related terms
References
- ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “démon”, in Český etymologický slovník (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
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin daemon, from Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn).
Pronunciation
Noun
démon m (plural démons, feminine démone)
Related terms
Further reading
- “démon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Anagrams
Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin daemōn (“lar, protective spirit; demon”) (compare German Dämon, French démon, etc.), from Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn, “dispenser, god, protective spirit”). First attested in 1605.
Pronunciation
Noun
démon (plural démonok)
Declension
| 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 |
| 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 |
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- ^ démon in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.
Further reading
- démon in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
- démon in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).