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dogma

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EtymologyEdit

From Latin dogma (“philosophical tenet”), from Ancient Greek δόγμα (dógma, “opinion, tenet”), from δοκέω (dokéō, “I seem good, think”) (more at decent). Treated in the 17c. -18c. as Greek, with plural dogmata.

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dogma (plural dogmas or dogmata)

  1. An authoritative principle, belief or statement of opinion, especially one considered to be absolutely true and indisputable, regardless of evidence or without evidence to support it.
    The unforgiving dogma of Stalinism is that what the party leader, however cruel and incompetent, decrees, however absurd, must be accepted as law.
  2. A doctrine (or set of doctrines) relating to matters such as morality and faith, set forth authoritatively by a religious organization or leader.
    In the Catholic Church, new dogmas can only be declared by the pope after the extremely rare procedure ex cathedra to make them part of the official faith.

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NounEdit

dogma n

  1. dogma (authoritative principle, belief or statement of opinion)

DeclensionEdit

Declension of dogma
singular plural
nominative dogma dogmata
genitive dogmatu dogmat
dative dogmatu dogmatům
accusative dogma dogmata
vocative dogma dogmata
locative dogmatu dogmatech
instrumental dogmatem dogmaty

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dogma n (plural dogma's, diminutive dogmaatje n)

  1. A dogma

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PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈdoɡma/
  • Hyphenation: dog‧ma

AdjectiveEdit

dogma (accusative singular dogman, plural dogmaj, accusative plural dogmajn)

  1. dogmatic, dogmatical

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EtymologyEdit

From Ancient Greek δόγμα (dógma, “opinion, tenet”), from δοκέω (dokéō, “I seem good, think”).[1]

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): [ˈdoɡmɒ]
  • Hyphenation: dog‧ma

NounEdit

dogma (plural dogmák)

  1. dogma (an authoritative principle, belief or statement of opinion, especially one considered to be absolutely true and indisputable, regardless of evidence or without evidence to support it)
  2. dogma (a doctrine (or set of doctrines) relating to matters such as morality and faith, set forth authoritatively by a religious organization or leader)

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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative dogma dogmák
accusative dogmát dogmákat
dative dogmának dogmáknak
instrumental dogmával dogmákkal
causal-final dogmáért dogmákért
translative dogmává dogmákká
terminative dogmáig dogmákig
essive-formal dogmaként dogmákként
essive-modal — —
inessive dogmában dogmákban
superessive dogmán dogmákon
adessive dogmánál dogmáknál
illative dogmába dogmákba
sublative dogmára dogmákra
allative dogmához dogmákhoz
elative dogmából dogmákból
delative dogmáról dogmákról
ablative dogmától dogmáktól
Possessive forms of dogma
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. dogmám dogmáim
2nd person sing. dogmád dogmáid
3rd person sing. dogmája dogmái
1st person plural dogmánk dogmáink
2nd person plural dogmátok dogmáitok
3rd person plural dogmájuk dogmáik

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Tótfalusi István, Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára. Tinta Könyvkiadó, Budapest, 2005, ISBN 963 7094 20 2

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dogma m (plural dogmi)

  1. A dogma

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EtymologyEdit

From Ancient Greek δόγμα (dógma, “opinion, tenet”), from δοκέω (dokéō, “I suppose, think, evince”), from δέχομαι (dékhomai, “I take, accept”), from Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- (“to take”).

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dogma n (genitive dogmatis); third declension

  1. A philosophic tenet, doctrine, dogma
  2. A decree, order

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Third declension neuter.

Case Singular Plural
nominative dogma dogmata
genitive dogmatis dogmatum
dative dogmatī dogmatibus
accusative dogma dogmata
ablative dogmate dogmatibus
vocative dogma dogmata

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  • dogma in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • dogma in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • du Cange, Charles (1883), “dogma”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre
  • “dogma” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)

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dogma n

  1. definite plural of dogme

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dogma n

  1. definite plural of dogme

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EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from Latin dogma, from Ancient Greek δόγμα (dógma, “belief”).

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dogma m (plural dogmas)

  1. (chiefly religion and philosophy) dogma (an indisputable and authoritative principle or belief)

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PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /dôɡma/
  • Hyphenation: dog‧ma

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dȍgma f (Cyrillic spelling до̏гма)

  1. dogma

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Declension of dogma
singular plural
nominative dȍgma dogme
genitive dogme dȏgmā / dȏgmī
dative dogmi dogmama
accusative dogmu dogme
vocative dogmo dogme
locative dogmi dogmama
instrumental dogmom dogmama

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EtymologyEdit

From Latin dogma, from Ancient Greek δόγμα (dógma), from δοκέω (dokéō) "I seem good, think".

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dogma m (plural dogmas)

  1. dogma

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