Isten

See also: isten, işten, and ištēn

Hungarian

Etymology

Presumably a derived term. Its stem was perhaps is, an old variant of ős (ancestor, forefather). Its endings (t and n) are diminutive suffixes.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈiʃtɛn]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Is‧ten
  • Rhymes: -ɛn

Proper noun

Isten

  1. God (single god of monotheism)
    A Mindenható Isten EgyházaThe Church of Almighty God

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative Isten
accusative Istent
dative Istennek
instrumental Istennel
causal-final Istenért
translative Istenné
terminative Istenig
essive-formal Istenként
essive-modal
inessive Istenben
superessive Istenen
adessive Istennél
illative Istenbe
sublative Istenre
allative Istenhez
elative Istenből
delative Istenről
ablative Istentől
non-attributive
possessive – singular
Istené
non-attributive
possessive – plural
Istenéi
Possessive forms of Isten
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Istenem
2nd person sing. Istened
3rd person sing. Istene
1st person plural Istenünk
2nd person plural Istenetek
3rd person plural Istenük

Derived terms

See at isten.

See also

References

  1. ^ Isten in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)