démon
Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin dēmōn, daemōn (“lar, familiar spirit, guardian spirit”), from Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn, “dispenser, god, protective spirit”) from δαίομαι (daíomai, “to divide”) + -μων (-mōn), probably motivated as “dispenser of fate”.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈdɛːmon]
Declension
Related terms
References
- Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “démon”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 138
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin daemon, from Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /de.mɔ̃/
Audio (file)
Related terms
Further reading
- “démon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈdeːmon]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: dé‧mon
- Rhymes: -on
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | démon | démonok |
| accusative | démont | démonokat |
| dative | démonnak | démonoknak |
| instrumental | démonnal | démonokkal |
| causal-final | démonért | démonokért |
| translative | démonná | démonokká |
| terminative | démonig | démonokig |
| essive-formal | démonként | démonokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | démonban | démonokban |
| superessive | démonon | démonokon |
| adessive | démonnál | démonoknál |
| illative | démonba | démonokba |
| sublative | démonra | démonokra |
| allative | démonhoz | démonokhoz |
| elative | démonból | démonokból |
| delative | démonról | démonokról |
| ablative | démontól | démonoktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
démoné | démonoké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
démonéi | démonokéi |
| Possessive forms of démon | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | démonom | démonaim |
| 2nd person sing. | démonod | démonaid |
| 3rd person sing. | démona | démonai |
| 1st person plural | démonunk | démonaink |
| 2nd person plural | démonotok | démonaitok |
| 3rd person plural | démonuk | démonaik |
Related terms
Further reading
- démon 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
- démon in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)
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