betlehem

See also: Betlehem

Hungarian

Etymology

From the proper noun Betlehem. First attested in 1801.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbɛtlɛhɛm]
  • Hyphenation: bet‧le‧hem
  • Rhymes: -ɛm

Noun

betlehem (plural betlehemek)

  1. nativity scene

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative betlehem betlehemek
accusative betlehemet betlehemeket
dative betlehemnek betlehemeknek
instrumental betlehemmel betlehemekkel
causal-final betlehemért betlehemekért
translative betlehemmé betlehemekké
terminative betlehemig betlehemekig
essive-formal betlehemként betlehemekként
essive-modal — —
inessive betlehemben betlehemekben
superessive betlehemen betlehemeken
adessive betlehemnél betlehemeknél
illative betlehembe betlehemekbe
sublative betlehemre betlehemekre
allative betlehemhez betlehemekhez
elative betlehemből betlehemekből
delative betlehemről betlehemekről
ablative betlehemtől betlehemektől
non-attributive
possessive – singular 		betlehemé betlehemeké
non-attributive
possessive – plural 		betleheméi betlehemekéi
Possessive forms of betlehem
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. betlehemem betlehemeim
2nd person sing. betlehemed betlehemeid
3rd person sing. betleheme betlehemei
1st person plural betlehemünk betlehemeink
2nd person plural betlehemetek betlehemeitek
3rd person plural betlehemük betlehemeik

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ betlehem in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.

Further reading

  • betlehem in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
  • betlehem in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbetleɦem]

Noun

betlehem m inan (relational adjective betlehemský, diminutive betlehemček)

  1. nativity scene

Declension

Declension of betlehem
(pattern dub)
singularplural
nominativebetlehembetlehemy
genitivebetlehemubetlehemov
dativebetlehemubetlehemom
accusativebetlehembetlehemy
locativebetlehemebetlehemoch
instrumentalbetlehemombetlehemami

Further reading

  • “betlehem”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025
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