lestyán
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Hungarian
Etymology
From Romanian leuștean, probably a borrowing of Hungarian lesten, variant of obsolete levestikom, from Late Latin levisticum (“lovage”), probably an alteration of Latin ligusticum (“Ligurian”).
Pronunciation
Noun
lestyán (plural lestyánok)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | lestyán | lestyánok |
| accusative | lestyánt | lestyánokat |
| dative | lestyánnak | lestyánoknak |
| instrumental | lestyánnal | lestyánokkal |
| causal-final | lestyánért | lestyánokért |
| translative | lestyánná | lestyánokká |
| terminative | lestyánig | lestyánokig |
| essive-formal | lestyánként | lestyánokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | lestyánban | lestyánokban |
| superessive | lestyánon | lestyánokon |
| adessive | lestyánnál | lestyánoknál |
| illative | lestyánba | lestyánokba |
| sublative | lestyánra | lestyánokra |
| allative | lestyánhoz | lestyánokhoz |
| elative | lestyánból | lestyánokból |
| delative | lestyánról | lestyánokról |
| ablative | lestyántól | lestyánoktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
lestyáné | lestyánoké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
lestyánéi | lestyánokéi |
| Possessive forms of lestyán | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | lestyánom | lestyánaim |
| 2nd person sing. | lestyánod | lestyánaid |
| 3rd person sing. | lestyána | lestyánai |
| 1st person plural | lestyánunk | lestyánaink |
| 2nd person plural | lestyánotok | lestyánaitok |
| 3rd person plural | lestyánuk | lestyánaik |
References
- lestyán 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.)