gardedám

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Hungarian

Etymology

From German Gardedame (chaperone), from French garde-dame (literally watches-lady).

Pronunciation

Noun

gardedám (plural gardedámok)

  1. (archaic) chaperone

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative gardedám gardedámok
accusative gardedámot gardedámokat
dative gardedámnak gardedámoknak
instrumental gardedámmal gardedámokkal
causal-final gardedámért gardedámokért
translative gardedámmá gardedámokká
terminative gardedámig gardedámokig
essive-formal gardedámként gardedámokként
essive-modal
inessive gardedámban gardedámokban
superessive gardedámon gardedámokon
adessive gardedámnál gardedámoknál
illative gardedámba gardedámokba
sublative gardedámra gardedámokra
allative gardedámhoz gardedámokhoz
elative gardedámból gardedámokból
delative gardedámról gardedámokról
ablative gardedámtól gardedámoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
gardedámé gardedámoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
gardedáméi gardedámokéi
Possessive forms of gardedám
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. gardedámom gardedámjaim
2nd person sing. gardedámod gardedámjaid
3rd person sing. gardedámja gardedámjai
1st person plural gardedámunk gardedámjaink
2nd person plural gardedámotok gardedámjaitok
3rd person plural gardedámjuk gardedámjaik

Further reading

  • gardedám 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
  • gardedám in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).