etnikum

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Hungarian

Etymology

From New Latin ethnicum (“ethnic group”), from ethnicus (“ethnic”),[1] from Ancient Greek ἐθνικός (ethnikós, “of a nation”), from ἔθνος (éthnos, “nation”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: et‧ni‧kum
  • Rhymes: -um

Noun

etnikum (plural etnikumok)

  1. ethnic group
    Synonyms: népcsoport, etnikai csoport

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative etnikum etnikumok
accusative etnikumot etnikumokat
dative etnikumnak etnikumoknak
instrumental etnikummal etnikumokkal
causal-final etnikumért etnikumokért
translative etnikummá etnikumokká
terminative etnikumig etnikumokig
essive-formal etnikumként etnikumokként
essive-modal — —
inessive etnikumban etnikumokban
superessive etnikumon etnikumokon
adessive etnikumnál etnikumoknál
illative etnikumba etnikumokba
sublative etnikumra etnikumokra
allative etnikumhoz etnikumokhoz
elative etnikumból etnikumokból
delative etnikumról etnikumokról
ablative etnikumtól etnikumoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		etnikumé etnikumoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		etnikuméi etnikumokéi
Possessive forms of etnikum
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. etnikumom etnikumaim
2nd person sing. etnikumod etnikumaid
3rd person sing. etnikuma etnikumai
1st person plural etnikumunk etnikumaink
2nd person plural etnikumotok etnikumaitok
3rd person plural etnikumuk etnikumaik

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

  • etnikum 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
  • etnikum 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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