ispán
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Hungarian ispán, from a Slavic language.
Noun
ispán (plural ispáns)
- (historical) The leader of a castle district or county in the Kingdom of Hungary from the early 11th century.
Derived terms
- ispánate
Anagrams
- piñas, aspin, spina, Spain, SPINA, NSAPI, pisan, Pisan, IP SAN, PAINs, pains, Pains, PAINS, nipas, pinas
Hungarian
Etymology
From a Slavic language. Compare Serbo-Croatian župan (“head of a district”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈiʃpaːn]
- Hyphenation: is‧pán
- Rhymes: -aːn
Noun
ispán (plural ispánok)
- (historical) count (leader of a county in the Kingdom of Hungary)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ispán | ispánok |
| accusative | ispánt | ispánokat |
| dative | ispánnak | ispánoknak |
| instrumental | ispánnal | ispánokkal |
| causal-final | ispánért | ispánokért |
| translative | ispánná | ispánokká |
| terminative | ispánig | ispánokig |
| essive-formal | ispánként | ispánokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | ispánban | ispánokban |
| superessive | ispánon | ispánokon |
| adessive | ispánnál | ispánoknál |
| illative | ispánba | ispánokba |
| sublative | ispánra | ispánokra |
| allative | ispánhoz | ispánokhoz |
| elative | ispánból | ispánokból |
| delative | ispánról | ispánokról |
| ablative | ispántól | ispánoktól |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
ispáné | ispánoké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
ispánéi | ispánokéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | ispánom | ispánjaim |
| 2nd person sing. | ispánod | ispánjaid |
| 3rd person sing. | ispánja | ispánjai |
| 1st person plural | ispánunk | ispánjaink |
| 2nd person plural | ispánotok | ispánjaitok |
| 3rd person plural | ispánjuk | ispánjaik |
Derived terms
- ispánság
Compound words
- alispán
- erdőispán
- főispán
- várispán
Descendants
References
- ^ ispán 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.)
Further reading
- ispán 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.