precedens

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Czech

Noun

precedens n

  1. precedent (past act used as example)
    Synonym: precedent

Declension

Further reading

  • precedens”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • precedens”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Hungarian

 precedens on Hungarian Wikipedia

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin praecēdēns.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

precedens (plural precedensek)

  1. (higher register) precedent (an act in the past which may be used as an example to help decide the outcome of similar instances in the future)
    Synonyms: előzmény, példa
  2. (law) precedent (a decided case which is cited or used as an example to justify a judgment in a subsequent case)
    Synonyms: jogelőzmény, jogalap

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative precedens precedensek
accusative precedenst precedenseket
dative precedensnek precedenseknek
instrumental precedenssel precedensekkel
causal-final precedensért precedensekért
translative precedenssé precedensekké
terminative precedensig precedensekig
essive-formal precedensként precedensekként
essive-modal precedensül
inessive precedensben precedensekben
superessive precedensen precedenseken
adessive precedensnél precedenseknél
illative precedensbe precedensekbe
sublative precedensre precedensekre
allative precedenshez precedensekhez
elative precedensből precedensekből
delative precedensről precedensekről
ablative precedenstől precedensektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
precedensé precedenseké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
precedenséi precedensekéi
Possessive forms of precedens
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. precedensem precedenseim
2nd person sing. precedensed precedenseid
3rd person sing. precedense precedensei
1st person plural precedensünk precedenseink
2nd person plural precedensetek precedenseitek
3rd person plural precedensük precedenseik

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

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin praecēdēns.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /prɛˈt͡sɛ.dɛns/
  • Rhymes: -ɛdɛns
  • Syllabification: pre‧ce‧dens

Noun

precedens m inan (related adjective precedensowy)

  1. precedent (past act used as example)
  2. (law) precedent (prior judgment in law)

Declension

adjective
adverb
noun

Further reading

  • precedens in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • precedens in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Slovak

Pronunciation

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Noun

precedens m inan

  1. precedent (past act used as example)

Declension

Further reading

  • precedens”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024