fintor

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Hungarian

Etymology

First attested in 1799. Back-formation from fintorog (to make a face, grimace). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

fintor (plural fintorok)

  1. grimace, frown, pout, mop (a contorted facial expression indicating disparagement, contempt, disgust)
    Synonym: grimasz

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative fintor fintorok
accusative fintort fintorokat
dative fintornak fintoroknak
instrumental fintorral fintorokkal
causal-final fintorért fintorokért
translative fintorrá fintorokká
terminative fintorig fintorokig
essive-formal fintorként fintorokként
essive-modal
inessive fintorban fintorokban
superessive fintoron fintorokon
adessive fintornál fintoroknál
illative fintorba fintorokba
sublative fintorra fintorokra
allative fintorhoz fintorokhoz
elative fintorból fintorokból
delative fintorról fintorokról
ablative fintortól fintoroktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
fintoré fintoroké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
fintoréi fintorokéi
Possessive forms of fintor
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. fintorom fintoraim
2nd person sing. fintorod fintoraid
3rd person sing. fintora fintorai
1st person plural fintorunk fintoraink
2nd person plural fintorotok fintoraitok
3rd person plural fintoruk fintoraik

Derived terms

Expressions

References

  1. ^ fintor 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

  • fintor 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