ispán

See also: ispan and išpan

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian ispán, from a Slavic language.

Noun

ispán (plural ispáns)

1. (historical) The leader of a castle district or county in the Kingdom of Hungary from the early 11th century.

Derived terms

• ispánate

Hungarian

Etymology

From a Slavic language. Compare Serbo-Croatian župan (“head of a district”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈiʃpaːn]
• Hyphenation: is‧pán
• Rhymes: -aːn

Noun

ispán (plural ispánok)

1. (historical) count (leader of a county in the Kingdom of Hungary)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	ispán	ispánok
accusative	ispánt	ispánokat
dative	ispánnak	ispánoknak
instrumental	ispánnal	ispánokkal
causal-final	ispánért	ispánokért
translative	ispánná	ispánokká
terminative	ispánig	ispánokig
essive-formal	ispánként	ispánokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	ispánban	ispánokban
superessive	ispánon	ispánokon
adessive	ispánnál	ispánoknál
illative	ispánba	ispánokba
sublative	ispánra	ispánokra
allative	ispánhoz	ispánokhoz
elative	ispánból	ispánokból
delative	ispánról	ispánokról
ablative	ispántól	ispánoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	ispáné	ispánoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	ispánéi	ispánokéi

Possessive forms of ispán
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	ispánom	ispánjaim
2nd person sing.	ispánod	ispánjaid
3rd person sing.	ispánja	ispánjai
1st person plural	ispánunk	ispánjaink
2nd person plural	ispánotok	ispánjaitok
3rd person plural	ispánjuk	ispánjaik

Derived terms

• ispánság

 

Compound words

• alispán
• erdőispán
• főispán
• várispán

 

Descendants

• → German: Gespan
• → Serbo-Croatian: špan, išpan

Further reading

• ispán 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