hermelin
See also: Hermelin and hermelín
Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowed from German Hermelin (“ermine”). First attested in 1757.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈhɛrmɛlin]
- Hyphenation: her‧me‧lin
- Rhymes: -in
Noun
hermelin (plural hermelinek)
- ermine (Mustela erminea)
- ermine (the white fur of this animal)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | hermelin | hermelinek |
| accusative | hermelint | hermelineket |
| dative | hermelinnek | hermelineknek |
| instrumental | hermelinnel | hermelinekkel |
| causal-final | hermelinért | hermelinekért |
| translative | hermelinné | hermelinekké |
| terminative | hermelinig | hermelinekig |
| essive-formal | hermelinként | hermelinekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | hermelinben | hermelinekben |
| superessive | hermelinen | hermelineken |
| adessive | hermelinnél | hermelineknél |
| illative | hermelinbe | hermelinekbe |
| sublative | hermelinre | hermelinekre |
| allative | hermelinhez | hermelinekhez |
| elative | hermelinből | hermelinekből |
| delative | hermelinről | hermelinekről |
| ablative | hermelintől | hermelinektől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular | hermeliné | hermelineké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural | hermelinéi | hermelinekéi |
| Possessive forms of hermelin | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | hermelinem | hermelinjeim |
| 2nd person sing. | hermelined | hermelinjeid |
| 3rd person sing. | hermelinje | hermelinjei |
| 1st person plural | hermelinünk | hermelinjeink |
| 2nd person plural | hermelinetek | hermelinjeitek |
| 3rd person plural | hermelinjük | hermelinjeik |
References
- hermelin in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading
- hermelin in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From German Hermelin.
Noun
hermelin m (definite singular hermelinen, indefinite plural hermeliner, definite plural hermelinene)
- ermine (white winter fur of the stoat (ermine))
Related terms
- røyskatt
References
- “hermelin” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From German Hermelin.
Noun
hermelin m (definite singular hermelinen, indefinite plural hermelinar, definite plural hermelinane)
- ermine (white winter fur of the stoat (ermine))
Related terms
- røyskatt
References
- “hermelin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Slovene
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xɛrmɛlíːn/
Noun
hermelȋn m anim
- ermine (Mustela erminea)
Inflection
| Masculine anim., hard o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | hermelín | ||
| gen. sing. | hermelína | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) | hermelín | hermelína | hermelíni |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) | hermelína | hermelínov | hermelínov |
| dative (dajȃlnik) | hermelínu | hermelínoma | hermelínom |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) | hermelína | hermelína | hermelíne |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) | hermelínu | hermelínih | hermelínih |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) | hermelínom | hermelínoma | hermelíni |
Further reading
- “hermelin”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from German Hermelin.
Noun
hermelin c
- ermine (Mustela erminea)
Declension
| Declension of hermelin | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | hermelin | hermelinen | hermeliner | hermelinerna |
| Genitive | hermelins | hermelinens | hermeliners | hermelinernas |
Synonyms
- lekatt (dated)
Derived terms
- en katt bland hermelinerna
- heremlinsbräm
References
- hermelin in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- hermelin in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- hermelin in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)