Hungarian

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Etymology

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From Latin coemētērium, from Ancient Greek κοιμητήριον (koimētḗrion), from κοιμάω (koimáō, I put to sleep).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡sintɛrɛm]
  • Hyphenation: cin‧te‧rem
  • Rhymes: -ɛm

Noun

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cinterem (plural cintermek)

  1. (archaic) graveyard located near a church

Declension

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Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative cinterem cintermek
accusative cintermet cintermeket
dative cinteremnek cintermeknek
instrumental cinteremmel cintermekkel
causal-final cinteremért cintermekért
translative cinteremmé cintermekké
terminative cinteremig cintermekig
essive-formal cinteremként cintermekként
essive-modal
inessive cinteremben cintermekben
superessive cintermen cintermeken
adessive cinteremnél cintermeknél
illative cinterembe cintermekbe
sublative cinteremre cintermekre
allative cinteremhez cintermekhez
elative cinteremből cintermekből
delative cinteremről cintermekről
ablative cinteremtől cintermektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
cinteremé cintermeké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
cintereméi cintermekéi
Possessive forms of cinterem
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. cintermem cintermeim
2nd person sing. cintermed cintermeid
3rd person sing. cinterme cintermei
1st person plural cintermünk cintermeink
2nd person plural cintermetek cintermeitek
3rd person plural cintermük cintermeik

Descendants

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  • Romanian: țintirim

References

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  1. ^ cinterem 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

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  • cinterem 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
  • cinterem 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)