ortodox

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Pronunciation

Adjective

ortodox (feminine ortodoxa, masculine plural ortodoxos, feminine plural ortodoxes)

  1. Orthodox

Hungarian

Etymology

From German orthodox, from Ancient Greek ὀρθόδοξος (orthódoxos), from ὀρθός (orthós, straight) + δόξα (dóxa, opinion).[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

ortodox (not comparable)

  1. orthodox

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative ortodox ortodoxak
accusative ortodoxat ortodoxakat
dative ortodoxnak ortodoxaknak
instrumental ortodoxszal ortodoxakkal
causal-final ortodoxért ortodoxakért
translative ortodoxszá ortodoxakká
terminative ortodoxig ortodoxakig
essive-formal ortodoxként ortodoxakként
essive-modal
inessive ortodoxban ortodoxakban
superessive ortodoxon ortodoxakon
adessive ortodoxnál ortodoxaknál
illative ortodoxba ortodoxakba
sublative ortodoxra ortodoxakra
allative ortodoxhoz ortodoxakhoz
elative ortodoxból ortodoxakból
delative ortodoxról ortodoxakról
ablative ortodoxtól ortodoxaktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
ortodoxé ortodoxaké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
ortodoxéi ortodoxakéi

Noun

ortodox (plural ortodoxok)

  1. one that is orthodox

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative ortodox ortodoxok
accusative ortodoxot ortodoxokat
dative ortodoxnak ortodoxoknak
instrumental ortodoxszal ortodoxokkal
causal-final ortodoxért ortodoxokért
translative ortodoxszá ortodoxokká
terminative ortodoxig ortodoxokig
essive-formal ortodoxként ortodoxokként
essive-modal
inessive ortodoxban ortodoxokban
superessive ortodoxon ortodoxokon
adessive ortodoxnál ortodoxoknál
illative ortodoxba ortodoxokba
sublative ortodoxra ortodoxokra
allative ortodoxhoz ortodoxokhoz
elative ortodoxból ortodoxokból
delative ortodoxról ortodoxokról
ablative ortodoxtól ortodoxoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
ortodoxé ortodoxoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
ortodoxéi ortodoxokéi
Possessive forms of ortodox
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. ortodoxom ortodoxaim
2nd person sing. ortodoxod ortodoxaid
3rd person sing. ortodoxa ortodoxai
1st person plural ortodoxunk ortodoxaink
2nd person plural ortodoxotok ortodoxaitok
3rd person plural ortodoxuk ortodoxaik

References

  1. ^ 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

Further reading

  • ortodox 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

Middle English

Adjective

ortodox

  1. Alternative form of orthodoxe

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ορθόδοξος (orthódoxos), Latin orthodoxus, French orthodoxe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /or.toˈdoks/
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Adjective

ortodox m or n (feminine singular ortodoxă, masculine plural ortodocși, feminine and neuter plural ortodoxe)

  1. Orthodox

Declension

singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative
indefinite ortodox ortodoxă ortodocși ortodoxe
definite ortodoxul ortodoxa ortodocșii ortodoxele
genitive-
dative
indefinite ortodox ortodoxe ortodocși ortodoxe
definite ortodoxului ortodoxei ortodocșilor ortodoxelor

Noun

ortodox m (plural ortodocși)

  1. Orthodox

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative ortodox ortodoxul ortodocși ortodocșii
genitive-dative ortodox ortodoxului ortodocși ortodocșilor
vocative ortodoxule ortodocșilor

References

Swedish

Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek ὀρθόδοξος (orthódoxos).

Adjective

ortodox (comparative mer ortodox, superlative mest ortodox)

  1. orthodox (of people, churches, traditions, institutions), belonging or pertaining to the (Greek, Russian) Orthodox Church

Usage notes

  • Can be used as a noun, meaning an orthodox person.

Declension

Inflection of ortodox
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular ortodox mer ortodox mest ortodox
neuter singular ortodoxt mer ortodoxt mest ortodoxt
plural ortodoxa mer ortodoxa mest ortodoxa
masculine plural2 ortodoxe mer ortodoxa mest ortodoxa
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 ortodoxe mer ortodoxe mest ortodoxe
all ortodoxa mer ortodoxa mest ortodoxa

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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