See also: Isten, işten, and ištēn

Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

First attested before the end of the 12th century. Probably derived from is (old variant of ős (ancient; forefather)) +‎ -t +‎ -n (diminutive suffixes; compare nőstény).[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈiʃtɛn]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: is‧ten
  • Rhymes: -ɛn

Noun edit

isten (plural istenek)

  1. god, deity (especially when referenced in popular culture, as opposed to religious context)

Declension edit

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative isten istenek
accusative istent isteneket
dative istennek isteneknek
instrumental istennel istenekkel
causal-final istenért istenekért
translative istenné istenekké
terminative istenig istenekig
essive-formal istenként istenekként
essive-modal
inessive istenben istenekben
superessive istenen isteneken
adessive istennél isteneknél
illative istenbe istenekbe
sublative istenre istenekre
allative istenhez istenekhez
elative istenből istenekből
delative istenről istenekről
ablative istentől istenektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
istené isteneké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
istenéi istenekéi
Possessive forms of isten
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. istenem isteneim
2nd person sing. istened isteneid
3rd person sing. istene istenei
1st person plural istenünk isteneink
2nd person plural istenetek isteneitek
3rd person plural istenük isteneik

Derived terms edit

Compound words with this term at the beginning
Compound words with this term in the middle or at the end
Expressions: exclamations and greetings
Expressions: others

Related terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ isten 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 edit

  • isten 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

Turkish edit

Noun edit

isten

  1. ablative singular of is