Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

First attested in 1816. Back-formation from izmos. Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈizom]
  • Hyphenation: izom
  • Rhymes: -om

Noun edit

izom (plural izmok)

  1. (anatomy) muscle
  2. (figuratively, usually in the plural) brawn, muscularity (physical strength)

Declension edit

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative izom izmok
accusative izmot izmokat
dative izomnak izmoknak
instrumental izommal izmokkal
causal-final izomért izmokért
translative izommá izmokká
terminative izomig izmokig
essive-formal izomként izmokként
essive-modal
inessive izomban izmokban
superessive izmon izmokon
adessive izomnál izmoknál
illative izomba izmokba
sublative izomra izmokra
allative izomhoz izmokhoz
elative izomból izmokból
delative izomról izmokról
ablative izomtól izmoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
izomé izmoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
izoméi izmokéi
Possessive forms of izom
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. izmom izmaim
2nd person sing. izmod izmaid
3rd person sing. izma izmai
1st person plural izmunk izmaink
2nd person plural izmotok izmaitok
3rd person plural izmuk izmaik

Derived terms edit

Compound words with this term at the beginning
Compound words with this term at the end

References edit

  1. ^ izom 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

  • izom 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

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