mirtusz
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mirtusz
Hungarian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin myrtus (“myrtle”), from Ancient Greek μύρτος (múrtos, “myrtle”). First attested in 1533.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
mirtusz (plural mirtuszok)
- myrtle (evergreen shrub or small tree of the genus Myrtus)
- Synonym: (obsolete) irnye
- 1932, Ferenc Móra, chapter I, in Aranykoporsó [Golden Coffin], Budapest: Magvető, published 1971, page 7:
- A palotával szemben szamár rágcsálta a Juno templomát körülvevő liget mirtuszainak kérgét.
- Opposite the palace, a donkey was gnawing at the bark of the myrtles in the grove surrounding the temple of Juno.
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | mirtusz | mirtuszok |
| accusative | mirtuszt | mirtuszokat |
| dative | mirtusznak | mirtuszoknak |
| instrumental | mirtusszal | mirtuszokkal |
| causal-final | mirtuszért | mirtuszokért |
| translative | mirtusszá | mirtuszokká |
| terminative | mirtuszig | mirtuszokig |
| essive-formal | mirtuszként | mirtuszokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | mirtuszban | mirtuszokban |
| superessive | mirtuszon | mirtuszokon |
| adessive | mirtusznál | mirtuszoknál |
| illative | mirtuszba | mirtuszokba |
| sublative | mirtuszra | mirtuszokra |
| allative | mirtuszhoz | mirtuszokhoz |
| elative | mirtuszból | mirtuszokból |
| delative | mirtuszról | mirtuszokról |
| ablative | mirtusztól | mirtuszoktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
mirtuszé | mirtuszoké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
mirtuszéi | mirtuszokéi |
| Possessive forms of mirtusz | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | mirtuszom | mirtuszaim |
| 2nd person sing. | mirtuszod | mirtuszaid |
| 3rd person sing. | mirtusza | mirtuszai |
| 1st person plural | mirtuszunk | mirtuszaink |
| 2nd person plural | mirtuszotok | mirtuszaitok |
| 3rd person plural | mirtuszuk | mirtuszaik |
Derived terms
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References
- ^ mirtusz 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
- mirtusz 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