embertan
Hungarian
Etymology
ember (“man”) + tan (“science, lore”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɛmbɛrtɒn]
- Hyphenation: em‧ber‧tan
- Rhymes: -ɒn
Noun
embertan (usually uncountable, plural embertanok)
- synonym of antropológia (“anthropology”)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | embertan | embertanok |
| accusative | embertant | embertanokat |
| dative | embertannak | embertanoknak |
| instrumental | embertannal | embertanokkal |
| causal-final | embertanért | embertanokért |
| translative | embertanná | embertanokká |
| terminative | embertanig | embertanokig |
| essive-formal | embertanként | embertanokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | embertanban | embertanokban |
| superessive | embertanon | embertanokon |
| adessive | embertannál | embertanoknál |
| illative | embertanba | embertanokba |
| sublative | embertanra | embertanokra |
| allative | embertanhoz | embertanokhoz |
| elative | embertanból | embertanokból |
| delative | embertanról | embertanokról |
| ablative | embertantól | embertanoktól |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
embertané | embertanoké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
embertanéi | embertanokéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | embertanom | embertanaim |
| 2nd person sing. | embertanod | embertanaid |
| 3rd person sing. | embertana | embertanai |
| 1st person plural | embertanunk | embertanaink |
| 2nd person plural | embertanotok | embertanaitok |
| 3rd person plural | embertanuk | embertanaik |
Further reading
- embertan in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
- embertan in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).