fintor

Hungarian

Etymology

First attested in 1799. Back-formation from fintorog (“to make a face, grimace”). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfintor]
• Hyphenation: fin‧tor
• Rhymes: -or

Noun

fintor (plural fintorok)

1. grimace, frown, pout, mop (a contorted facial expression indicating disparagement, contempt, disgust)

   Synonym: grimasz

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	fintor	fintorok
accusative	fintort	fintorokat
dative	fintornak	fintoroknak
instrumental	fintorral	fintorokkal
causal-final	fintorért	fintorokért
translative	fintorrá	fintorokká
terminative	fintorig	fintorokig
essive-formal	fintorként	fintorokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	fintorban	fintorokban
superessive	fintoron	fintorokon
adessive	fintornál	fintoroknál
illative	fintorba	fintorokba
sublative	fintorra	fintorokra
allative	fintorhoz	fintorokhoz
elative	fintorból	fintorokból
delative	fintorról	fintorokról
ablative	fintortól	fintoroktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	fintoré	fintoroké
non-attributive possessive - plural	fintoréi	fintorokéi

Possessive forms of fintor
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	fintorom	fintoraim
2nd person sing.	fintorod	fintoraid
3rd person sing.	fintora	fintorai
1st person plural	fintorunk	fintoraink
2nd person plural	fintorotok	fintoraitok
3rd person plural	fintoruk	fintoraik

Derived terms

Expressions

• a sors fintora

 

Further reading

• fintor 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