delfin
Albanian edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin delphinus.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
delfin n (plural delfine, definite delfini, definite plural delfinet)
Declension edit
Azerbaijani edit
Cyrillic | делфин | |
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Abjad | دئلفین |
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Noun edit
delfin (definite accusative delfini, plural delfinlər)
Declension edit
Declension of delfin | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
nominative | delfin |
delfinlər | ||||||
definite accusative | delfini |
delfinləri | ||||||
dative | delfinə |
delfinlərə | ||||||
locative | delfində |
delfinlərdə | ||||||
ablative | delfindən |
delfinlərdən | ||||||
definite genitive | delfinin |
delfinlərin |
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Latin delphīnus (“dolphin”).
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -in
Noun edit
delfin c (singular definite delfinen, plural indefinite delfiner)
Declension edit
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | delfin | delfinen | delfiner | delfinerne |
genitive | delfins | delfinens | delfiners | delfinernes |
References edit
- “delfin” in Den Danske Ordbog
Hungarian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
delfin (plural delfinek)
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | delfin | delfinek |
accusative | delfint | delfineket |
dative | delfinnek | delfineknek |
instrumental | delfinnel | delfinekkel |
causal-final | delfinért | delfinekért |
translative | delfinné | delfinekké |
terminative | delfinig | delfinekig |
essive-formal | delfinként | delfinekként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | delfinben | delfinekben |
superessive | delfinen | delfineken |
adessive | delfinnél | delfineknél |
illative | delfinbe | delfinekbe |
sublative | delfinre | delfinekre |
allative | delfinhez | delfinekhez |
elative | delfinből | delfinekből |
delative | delfinről | delfinekről |
ablative | delfintől | delfinektől |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
delfiné | delfineké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
delfinéi | delfinekéi |
Possessive forms of delfin | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | delfinem | delfinjeim |
2nd person sing. | delfined | delfinjeid |
3rd person sing. | delfinje | delfinjei |
1st person plural | delfinünk | delfinjeink |
2nd person plural | delfinetek | delfinjeitek |
3rd person plural | delfinjük | delfinjeik |
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- delfin 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
- delfin 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)
Kashubian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Polish delfin, from German Delphin, from Latin delphinus.
Noun edit
delfin m animal
- dolphin (mammal of the subfamilies Delphinoidea or Platanistoidea)
- Synonym: (dialectal) mòrsczi szczirz
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Polish delfin, from Medieval Latin delphinus.
Noun edit
delfin m animal
- dauphin (eldest son of the king of France)
References edit
- Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “delfin”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi[1]
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek δελφίς (delphís), via Latin delphinus.
Noun edit
delfin m (definite singular delfinen, indefinite plural delfiner, definite plural delfinene)
- a dolphin, in particular Delphinus delphis
References edit
- “delfin” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek δελφίς (delphís), via Latin delphinus.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
delfin m (definite singular delfinen, indefinite plural delfinar, definite plural delfinane)
- a dolphin, in particular Delphinus delphis
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “delfin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Learned borrowing from Latin delphīnus.
Noun edit
delfin m animal (diminutive delfinek, related adjective delfini)
- dolphin (aquatic mammal)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Kashubian: delfin
Noun edit
delfin m animal
- (swimming) butterfly, butterfly stroke
- Synonyms: delfinek, motyl, motylek, styl motylkowy
Declension edit
Etymology 2 edit
Semantic loan from French dauphin.
Noun edit
delfin m pers (female equivalent delfina)
- (historical) dauphin (eldest son of king of France)
- (by extension, figuratively) dauphin (eldest son)
- (humorous) dauphin (person believed to be appointed by the leader of a group or a social or political organisation to be their successor)
Declension edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Kashubian: delfin
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun edit
delfin f
Further reading edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian delfino or Latin delphinus, earlier from Greek δελφίνι (delfíni).
Noun edit
delfin m (plural delfini)
Declension edit
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) delfin | delfinul | (niște) delfini | delfinii |
genitive/dative | (unui) delfin | delfinului | (unor) delfini | delfinilor |
vocative | delfinule | delfinilor |
See also edit
Romansch edit
Etymology edit
From Latin delphīnus, from Ancient Greek δελφίν (delphín), a later form of δελφίς (delphís, “a dolphin”), from δελφύς (delphús, “womb”).
Noun edit
delfin m (plural delfins)
Serbo-Croatian edit
Noun edit
dèlfīn m (Cyrillic spelling дѐлфӣн)
Declension edit
Slovene edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
delfȋn m anim
Inflection edit
Masculine anim., hard o-stem | |||
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nom. sing. | delfín | ||
gen. sing. | delfína | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
delfín | delfína | delfíni |
genitive (rodȋlnik) |
delfína | delfínov | delfínov |
dative (dajȃlnik) |
delfínu | delfínoma | delfínom |
accusative (tožȋlnik) |
delfína | delfína | delfíne |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
delfínu | delfínih | delfínih |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
delfínom | delfínoma | delfíni |
Further reading edit
- “delfin”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Swedish edit
Noun edit
delfin c
Declension edit
Declension of delfin | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | delfin | delfinen | delfiner | delfinerna |
Genitive | delfins | delfinens | delfiners | delfinernas |
See also edit
Volapük edit
Noun edit
delfin (nominative plural delfins)
- (male or female) dolphin