kretén

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Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from French crétin from an Alpine dialectal form of chrétien, from Vulgar Latin christiānus in the sense of “anyone in Christendom”, often with a sense of “poor fellow”.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

kretén m anim

  1. (mildly vulgar) cretin
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:hlupák

Declension

References

  1. ^ Jiří Rejzek (2007) “kretén”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda

Further reading

  • kretén”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • kretén”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • kretén”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Hungarian

Pronunciation

Noun

kretén (plural kretének)

  1. cretin

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative kretén kretének
accusative kretént kreténeket
dative kreténnek kreténeknek
instrumental kreténnel kreténekkel
causal-final kreténért kreténekért
translative kreténné kreténekké
terminative kreténig kreténekig
essive-formal kreténként kreténekként
essive-modal
inessive kreténben kreténekben
superessive kreténen kreténeken
adessive kreténnél kreténeknél
illative kreténbe kreténekbe
sublative kreténre kreténekre
allative kreténhez kreténekhez
elative kreténből kreténekből
delative kreténről kreténekről
ablative kreténtől kreténektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
kreténé kreténeké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
kreténéi kreténekéi
Possessive forms of kretén
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. kreténem kreténjeim
2nd person sing. kreténed kreténjeid
3rd person sing. kreténje kreténjei
1st person plural kreténünk kreténjeink
2nd person plural kreténetek kreténjeitek
3rd person plural kreténjük kreténjeik

Further reading

  • kretén 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