sörbet

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See also: sorbet and Sorbet

Hungarian

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic شربَة (drink).

Pronunciation

Noun

sörbet (plural sörbetek)

  1. (archaic, literary) sherbet (sweet fruit juice, a popular drink in the Middle East and Indian subcontinent)
    • 1856, János Arany, Szondi két apródja, verse 6:
      „Szép úrfiak! immár e puszta halom, / E kopja tövén nincs mér’ zengeni többet: / Jertek velem, ottlenn áll nagy vigalom, / Odalenn vár mézizü sörbet. –”
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Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative sörbet sörbetek
accusative sörbetet sörbeteket
dative sörbetnek sörbeteknek
instrumental sörbettel sörbetekkel
causal-final sörbetért sörbetekért
translative sörbetté sörbetekké
terminative sörbetig sörbetekig
essive-formal sörbetként sörbetekként
essive-modal
inessive sörbetben sörbetekben
superessive sörbeten sörbeteken
adessive sörbetnél sörbeteknél
illative sörbetbe sörbetekbe
sublative sörbetre sörbetekre
allative sörbethez sörbetekhez
elative sörbetből sörbetekből
delative sörbetről sörbetekről
ablative sörbettől sörbetektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
sörbeté sörbeteké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
sörbetéi sörbetekéi
Possessive forms of sörbet
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. sörbetem sörbetjeim
2nd person sing. sörbeted sörbetjeid
3rd person sing. sörbetje sörbetjei
1st person plural sörbetünk sörbetjeink
2nd person plural sörbetetek sörbetjeitek
3rd person plural sörbetjük sörbetjeik

Further reading

  • sörbet 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