katakomba

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Hungarian

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katakomba

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin catacumba (grave, burial place).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ka‧ta‧kom‧ba
  • Rhymes: -bɒ

Noun

katakomba (plural katakombák)

  1. catacomb (underground system of tunnels and chambers with recesses for graves, used (in former times) as a cemetery)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative katakomba katakombák
accusative katakombát katakombákat
dative katakombának katakombáknak
instrumental katakombával katakombákkal
causal-final katakombáért katakombákért
translative katakombává katakombákká
terminative katakombáig katakombákig
essive-formal katakombaként katakombákként
essive-modal
inessive katakombában katakombákban
superessive katakombán katakombákon
adessive katakombánál katakombáknál
illative katakombába katakombákba
sublative katakombára katakombákra
allative katakombához katakombákhoz
elative katakombából katakombákból
delative katakombáról katakombákról
ablative katakombától katakombáktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
katakombáé katakombáké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
katakombáéi katakombákéi
Possessive forms of katakomba
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. katakombám katakombáim
2nd person sing. katakombád katakombáid
3rd person sing. katakombája katakombái
1st person plural katakombánk katakombáink
2nd person plural katakombátok katakombáitok
3rd person plural katakombájuk katakombáik

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ katakomba in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.

Further reading

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Etymology

From Dutch catacombe, from French catacombe, from Late Latin catacumbas, name of the underground cemetery of St. Sebastian in Rome, dissimilation of cata- (among) +‎ tumbas, from Ancient Greek κατά (katá, under) +‎ τύμβος (túmbos, swell).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ka‧ta‧kom‧ba

Noun

katakomba (first-person possessive katakombaku, second-person possessive katakombamu, third-person possessive katakombanya)

  1. (archaeology, Christianity) catacomb.

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