fintor
Hungarian
Etymology
[1799] Back-formation from fintorog (“to make a face, grimace”). Created during the Hungarian language reform which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ ˈfintor]
- Hyphenation: fin‧tor
- Rhymes: -or
Noun
fintor (plural fintorok)
- 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
References
- Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN
Further reading
- fintor in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962.