incidens

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Danish

Etymology

From Latin incidentia.

Pronunciation

Noun

incidens c

  1. incidence

Declension

Declension of incidens
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative incidens incidensen incidenser incidenserne
genitive incidenses incidensens incidensers incidensernes

Further reading

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Inzident, from Latin incidens.[1] With Latinate -ens ending.

Pronunciation

Noun

incidens (plural incidensek)

  1. incident (an unexpected event, occurrence, usually unpleasant)
    Synonyms: váratlan fordulat, zavaró mozzanat
  2. quarrel, clash, conflict
    Synonym: összetűzés

Declension

Possessive forms of incidens
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. incidensem incidenseim
2nd person sing. incidensed incidenseid
3rd person sing. incidense incidensei
1st person plural incidensünk incidenseink
2nd person plural incidensetek incidenseitek
3rd person plural incidensük incidenseik

References

  1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

Further reading

  • incidens 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

Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *enkadents, present active participle of incidō (fall upon).

Participle

incidēns (genitive incidentis); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. falling upon
Declension

Third-declension participle.

1When used purely as an adjective.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Italic *enkaidents, present active participle of incīdō (cut up; dissect; carve).

Participle

incīdēns (genitive incīdentis); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. cutting up, hewing open; dissecting
  2. making by cutting
  3. carving, engraving
Declension

Third-declension participle.

1When used purely as an adjective.

References