Isten
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
- God (single god of monotheism)
- A Mindenható Isten Egyháza ― The Church of Almighty God
Declension
| 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 | — |
| 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
- ^ 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.)