cimbalom

English
A cimbalom

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Hungarian cimbalom. Doublet of cymbal.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsɪmbələm/

Noun

cimbalom (plural cimbaloms)

  1. A type of concert hammered dulcimer used primarily in the music of Eastern Europe.
    • 2007 September 17, Bernard Holland, “Cryptic Messages or Silence From the ’60s Avant-Garde”, in New York Times‎:
      Either/Or, including Anthony Burr, clarinetist; Jane Rigler, flutist; and Richard Carrick and David Shively, percussionists, also employed the cimbalom, the Hungarian pianolike mutant whose twang remains familiar to boozy evenings in late-night Central European bars.

Translations

Further reading

Hungarian
cimbalom

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cymbalum (“cymbal”), from Ancient Greek κύμβαλον (kúmbalon). First attested after 1416.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡simbɒlom]
  • Hyphenation: cim‧ba‧lom
  • Rhymes: -om

Noun

cimbalom (plural cimbalmok)

  1. (music) cimbalom (a type of concert-hammered dulcimer)

Declension
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative cimbalom cimbalmok
accusative cimbalmot cimbalmokat
dative cimbalomnak cimbalmoknak
instrumental cimbalommal cimbalmokkal
causal-final cimbalomért cimbalmokért
translative cimbalommá cimbalmokká
terminative cimbalomig cimbalmokig
essive-formal cimbalomként cimbalmokként
essive-modal — —
inessive cimbalomban cimbalmokban
superessive cimbalmon cimbalmokon
adessive cimbalomnál cimbalmoknál
illative cimbalomba cimbalmokba
sublative cimbalomra cimbalmokra
allative cimbalomhoz cimbalmokhoz
elative cimbalomból cimbalmokból
delative cimbalomról cimbalmokról
ablative cimbalomtól cimbalmoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular		 cimbalomé cimbalmoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural		 cimbaloméi cimbalmokéi
Possessive forms of cimbalom
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. cimbalmom cimbalmaim
2nd person sing. cimbalmod cimbalmaid
3rd person sing. cimbalma cimbalmai
1st person plural cimbalmunk cimbalmaink
2nd person plural cimbalmotok cimbalmaitok
3rd person plural cimbalmuk cimbalmaik

Derived terms

References
  1. cimbalom 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
  • cimbalom 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
  • cimbalom 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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