gordon

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Hungarian

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Etymology

Uncertain, perhaps from Italian bordon (a tambourine-like musical instrument with a deep sound), although the Italian b- to the Hungarian g- assimilation cannot be explained.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

gordon (plural gordonok)

  1. (music, formal) double bass, contrabass
    Synonym: (more common) nagybőgő

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative gordon gordonok
accusative gordont gordonokat
dative gordonnak gordonoknak
instrumental gordonnal gordonokkal
causal-final gordonért gordonokért
translative gordonná gordonokká
terminative gordonig gordonokig
essive-formal gordonként gordonokként
essive-modal
inessive gordonban gordonokban
superessive gordonon gordonokon
adessive gordonnál gordonoknál
illative gordonba gordonokba
sublative gordonra gordonokra
allative gordonhoz gordonokhoz
elative gordonból gordonokból
delative gordonról gordonokról
ablative gordontól gordonoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
gordoné gordonoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
gordonéi gordonokéi
Possessive forms of gordon
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. gordonom gordonjaim
2nd person sing. gordonod gordonjaid
3rd person sing. gordonja gordonjai
1st person plural gordonunk gordonjaink
2nd person plural gordonotok gordonjaitok
3rd person plural gordonjuk gordonjaik

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ gordon 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

  • (double bass, contrabass): gordon 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
  • (strong, dry-stalked weed from whose flowers dye is extracted): gordon 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
  • gordon 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).

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈkoːrːton/

Verb

gōrdon

  1. first-person singular imperative of goardit