gordon
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See also: Gordon
Hungarian
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)
- (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
- ^ 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
Verb
gōrdon