bonctan
Hungarian
Etymology
From bonc (“dissection, autopsy”) + tan (“science”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbont͡stɒn]
- Hyphenation: bonc‧tan
- Rhymes: -ɒn
Noun
bonctan (plural bonctanok)
- anatomy (the science of dissecting a body)
- anatomy (the physical or functional organization of an organism, or part of it)
- (by extension, rare) anatomy (the act of dividing anything, corporeal or intellectual, for the purpose of examining its parts)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | bonctan | bonctanok |
| accusative | bonctant | bonctanokat |
| dative | bonctannak | bonctanoknak |
| instrumental | bonctannal | bonctanokkal |
| causal-final | bonctanért | bonctanokért |
| translative | bonctanná | bonctanokká |
| terminative | bonctanig | bonctanokig |
| essive-formal | bonctanként | bonctanokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | bonctanban | bonctanokban |
| superessive | bonctanon | bonctanokon |
| adessive | bonctannál | bonctanoknál |
| illative | bonctanba | bonctanokba |
| sublative | bonctanra | bonctanokra |
| allative | bonctanhoz | bonctanokhoz |
| elative | bonctanból | bonctanokból |
| delative | bonctanról | bonctanokról |
| ablative | bonctantól | bonctanoktól |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
bonctané | bonctanoké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
bonctanéi | bonctanokéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | bonctanom | bonctanaim |
| 2nd person sing. | bonctanod | bonctanaid |
| 3rd person sing. | bonctana | bonctanai |
| 1st person plural | bonctanunk | bonctanaink |
| 2nd person plural | bonctanotok | bonctanaitok |
| 3rd person plural | bonctanuk | bonctanaik |
Synonyms
- (all senses): anatómia
Derived terms
- bonctani
Further reading
- bonctan 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.
- bonctan 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).