obeliszk
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Hungarian
Etymology
From German Obelisk, from Latin obeliscus, from Ancient Greek ὀβελίσκος (obelískos), diminutive of ὀβελός (obelós, “needle”).
Pronunciation
Noun
obeliszk (plural obeliszkek)
- (architecture) obelisk (a tall, four-sided, narrow tapering monument which ends in a pyramid-like shape at the top)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | obeliszk | obeliszkek |
| accusative | obeliszket | obeliszkeket |
| dative | obeliszknek | obeliszkeknek |
| instrumental | obeliszkkel | obeliszkekkel |
| causal-final | obeliszkért | obeliszkekért |
| translative | obeliszkké | obeliszkekké |
| terminative | obeliszkig | obeliszkekig |
| essive-formal | obeliszkként | obeliszkekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | obeliszkben | obeliszkekben |
| superessive | obeliszken | obeliszkeken |
| adessive | obeliszknél | obeliszkeknél |
| illative | obeliszkbe | obeliszkekbe |
| sublative | obeliszkre | obeliszkekre |
| allative | obeliszkhez | obeliszkekhez |
| elative | obeliszkből | obeliszkekből |
| delative | obeliszkről | obeliszkekről |
| ablative | obeliszktől | obeliszkektől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
obeliszké | obeliszkeké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
obeliszkéi | obeliszkekéi |
| Possessive forms of obeliszk | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | obeliszkem | obeliszkjeim |
| 2nd person sing. | obeliszked | obeliszkjeid |
| 3rd person sing. | obeliszkje | obeliszkjei |
| 1st person plural | obeliszkünk | obeliszkjeink |
| 2nd person plural | obeliszketek | obeliszkjeitek |
| 3rd person plural | obeliszkjük | obeliszkjeik |
or less frequently
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | obeliszk | obeliszkok |
| accusative | obeliszkot | obeliszkokat |
| dative | obeliszknak | obeliszkoknak |
| instrumental | obeliszkkal | obeliszkokkal |
| causal-final | obeliszkért | obeliszkokért |
| translative | obeliszkká | obeliszkokká |
| terminative | obeliszkig | obeliszkokig |
| essive-formal | obeliszkként | obeliszkokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | obeliszkban | obeliszkokban |
| superessive | obeliszkon | obeliszkokon |
| adessive | obeliszknál | obeliszkoknál |
| illative | obeliszkba | obeliszkokba |
| sublative | obeliszkra | obeliszkokra |
| allative | obeliszkhoz | obeliszkokhoz |
| elative | obeliszkból | obeliszkokból |
| delative | obeliszkról | obeliszkokról |
| ablative | obeliszktól | obeliszkoktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
obeliszké | obeliszkoké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
obeliszkéi | obeliszkokéi |
| Possessive forms of obeliszk | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | obeliszkom | obeliszkjaim |
| 2nd person sing. | obeliszkod | obeliszkjaid |
| 3rd person sing. | obeliszkja | obeliszkjai |
| 1st person plural | obeliszkunk | obeliszkjaink |
| 2nd person plural | obeliszkotok | obeliszkjaitok |
| 3rd person plural | obeliszkjuk | obeliszkjaik |
Derived terms
References
- ^ 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
- ^ obeliszk in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN
Further reading
- obeliszk 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