diftongus

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin diphthongus, from Ancient Greek δίφθογγος (díphthongos, “diphthong”), from δι- (di-, “two”) + φθόγγος (phthóngos, “sound”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈdiftoŋɡuʃ]
  • Hyphenation: dif‧ton‧gus
  • Rhymes: -uʃ

Noun

diftongus (plural diftongusok)

  1. (phonetics) diphthong
    Synonym: kettőshangzó

Declension
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative diftongus diftongusok
accusative diftongust diftongusokat
dative diftongusnak diftongusoknak
instrumental diftongussal diftongusokkal
causal-final diftongusért diftongusokért
translative diftongussá diftongusokká
terminative diftongusig diftongusokig
essive-formal diftongusként diftongusokként
essive-modal — —
inessive diftongusban diftongusokban
superessive diftonguson diftongusokon
adessive diftongusnál diftongusoknál
illative diftongusba diftongusokba
sublative diftongusra diftongusokra
allative diftongushoz diftongusokhoz
elative diftongusból diftongusokból
delative diftongusról diftongusokról
ablative diftongustól diftongusoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular		 diftongusé diftongusoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural		 diftonguséi diftongusokéi
Possessive forms of diftongus
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. diftongusom diftongusaim
2nd person sing. diftongusod diftongusaid
3rd person sing. diftongusa diftongusai
1st person plural diftongusunk diftongusaink
2nd person plural diftongusotok diftongusaitok
3rd person plural diftongusuk diftongusaik

References
  1. Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

Further reading
  • diftongus 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
  • diftongus 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)

Latvian

Noun

diftongus m

  1. accusative plural of diftongs
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