gardedám
Hungarian
Etymology
From German Gardedame (“chaperone”), from French garde-dame (literally “watches-lady”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɡɒrdɛdaːm]
- Hyphenation: gar‧de‧dám
- Rhymes: -aːm
Noun
gardedám (plural gardedámok)
- (archaic) chaperone
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | gardedám | gardedámok |
| accusative | gardedámot | gardedámokat |
| dative | gardedámnak | gardedámoknak |
| instrumental | gardedámmal | gardedámokkal |
| causal-final | gardedámért | gardedámokért |
| translative | gardedámmá | gardedámokká |
| terminative | gardedámig | gardedámokig |
| essive-formal | gardedámként | gardedámokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | gardedámban | gardedámokban |
| superessive | gardedámon | gardedámokon |
| adessive | gardedámnál | gardedámoknál |
| illative | gardedámba | gardedámokba |
| sublative | gardedámra | gardedámokra |
| allative | gardedámhoz | gardedámokhoz |
| elative | gardedámból | gardedámokból |
| delative | gardedámról | gardedámokról |
| ablative | gardedámtól | gardedámoktól |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
gardedámé | gardedámoké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
gardedáméi | gardedámokéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | gardedámom | gardedámjaim |
| 2nd person sing. | gardedámod | gardedámjaid |
| 3rd person sing. | gardedámja | gardedámjai |
| 1st person plural | gardedámunk | gardedámjaink |
| 2nd person plural | gardedámotok | gardedámjaitok |
| 3rd person plural | gardedámjuk | gardedámjaik |
Further reading
- gardedám 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.
- gardedám 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).