toportyán

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Hungarian

Etymology

Uncertain.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

toportyán (plural toportyánok)

  1. (dialectal) wolf
    • 1847, János Arany, Toldi, canto 4, stanza 3, lines 1–2, trans. by Watson Kirkconnell:
      És mint a toportyán, ha juhász kergette, ¶ Magát egy kiszáradt nagy nádasba vette: […]
      And like a reed-wolf, by a shepherd chased, ¶ He entered a broad cane-brake’s arid waste;
    • 1886, Mór Jókai, chapter 39, in A kiskirályok‎:
      Az elvert bivalyt üldözi a két toportyán a nádason keresztül. ¶ A bivaly hatalmas úszó; az bele nem fárad. S a vízben le nem foghatják a farkasok, mert maga alá gázolja a megtámadóit; ki kell őt kergetniök valami szárazra, hogy megosztozhassanak rajta.
      The beaten buffalo is chased by the two wolves through the reeds. ¶ The buffalo is a mighty swimmer; it will not tire. And in the water the wolves can’t catch it, because it tramples its attackers underfoot; they have to chase it out onto dry land so they can share him.
    Synonyms: farkas, (dialectal) toportyánféreg
  2. (dialectal) bear
    Synonyms: medve, (dialectal) toportyánféreg
  3. (dialectal) golden jackal
    Synonyms: aranysakál, nádi farkas, (dialectal) toportyánféreg

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative toportyán toportyánok
accusative toportyánt toportyánokat
dative toportyánnak toportyánoknak
instrumental toportyánnal toportyánokkal
causal-final toportyánért toportyánokért
translative toportyánná toportyánokká
terminative toportyánig toportyánokig
essive-formal toportyánként toportyánokként
essive-modal — —
inessive toportyánban toportyánokban
superessive toportyánon toportyánokon
adessive toportyánnál toportyánoknál
illative toportyánba toportyánokba
sublative toportyánra toportyánokra
allative toportyánhoz toportyánokhoz
elative toportyánból toportyánokból
delative toportyánról toportyánokról
ablative toportyántól toportyánoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		toportyáné toportyánoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		toportyánéi toportyánokéi
Possessive forms of toportyán
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. toportyánom toportyánjaim
2nd person sing. toportyánod toportyánjaid
3rd person sing. toportyánja toportyánjai
1st person plural toportyánunk toportyánjaink
2nd person plural toportyánotok toportyánjaitok
3rd person plural toportyánjuk toportyánjaik

Derived terms

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References

  1. ^ M. Palló: “Kisebb közlemények. Toportyán”. in Kőrösi Csoma-archivum, volume 1, 1967 , pages 234–236.

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