hermelin
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hermelin i sommarpäls 
hermelin i vinterpäls
Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowed from German Hermelin (“ermine”). First attested in 1757.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
hermelin (plural hermelinek)
- ermine (Mustela erminea)
- ermine (the white fur of this animal)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | hermelin | hermelinek |
| accusative | hermelint | hermelineket |
| dative | hermelinnek | hermelineknek |
| instrumental | hermelinnel | hermelinekkel |
| causal-final | hermelinért | hermelinekért |
| translative | hermelinné | hermelinekké |
| terminative | hermelinig | hermelinekig |
| essive-formal | hermelinként | hermelinekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | hermelinben | hermelinekben |
| superessive | hermelinen | hermelineken |
| adessive | hermelinnél | hermelineknél |
| illative | hermelinbe | hermelinekbe |
| sublative | hermelinre | hermelinekre |
| allative | hermelinhez | hermelinekhez |
| elative | hermelinből | hermelinekből |
| delative | hermelinről | hermelinekről |
| ablative | hermelintől | hermelinektől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
hermeliné | hermelineké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
hermelinéi | hermelinekéi |
| Possessive forms of hermelin | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | hermelinem | hermelinjeim |
| 2nd person sing. | hermelined | hermelinjeid |
| 3rd person sing. | hermelinje | hermelinjei |
| 1st person plural | hermelinünk | hermelinjeink |
| 2nd person plural | hermelinetek | hermelinjeitek |
| 3rd person plural | hermelinjük | hermelinjeik |
References
- ^ hermelin 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
- hermelin 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
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Noun
hermelin m (definite singular hermelinen, indefinite plural hermeliner, definite plural hermelinene)
Related terms
References
- “hermelin” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Noun
hermelin m (definite singular hermelinen, indefinite plural hermelinar, definite plural hermelinane)
Related terms
References
- “hermelin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Slovene
Pronunciation
Noun
hermelȋn m anim
Inflection
 |
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| Masculine anim., hard o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | hermelín | ||
| gen. sing. | hermelína | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
hermelín | hermelína | hermelíni |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
hermelína | hermelínov | hermelínov |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
hermelínu | hermelínoma | hermelínom |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
hermelína | hermelína | hermelíne |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
hermelínu | hermelínih | hermelínih |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
hermelínom | hermelínoma | hermelíni |
Further reading
- “hermelin”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from German Hermelin.
Noun
hermelin c
Declension
Declension of hermelin
Synonyms
- lekatt (dated)