cimbalom
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Hungarian cimbalom. Doublet of cymbal.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɪmbələm/
Noun
cimbalom (plural cimbaloms)
- A type of concert hammered dulcimer used primarily in the music of Central and Eastern Europe.
- 2007 September 17, Bernard Holland, “Cryptic Messages or Silence From the ’60s Avant-Garde”, in New York Times[1]:
- Either/Or, including Anthony Burr, clarinetist; Jane Rigler, flutist; and Richard Carrick and David Shively, percussionists, also employed the cimbalom, the Hungarian pianolike mutant whose twang remains familiar to boozy evenings in late-night Central European bars.
Translations
type of concert hammered dulcimer
Further reading
Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cymbalum (“cymbal”), from Ancient Greek κύμβαλον (kúmbalon). First attested after 1416.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈt͡simbɒlom]
- Hyphenation: cim‧ba‧lom
- Rhymes: -om
Noun
cimbalom (plural cimbalmok)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cimbalom | cimbalmok |
| accusative | cimbalmot | cimbalmokat |
| dative | cimbalomnak | cimbalmoknak |
| instrumental | cimbalommal | cimbalmokkal |
| causal-final | cimbalomért | cimbalmokért |
| translative | cimbalommá | cimbalmokká |
| terminative | cimbalomig | cimbalmokig |
| essive-formal | cimbalomként | cimbalmokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | cimbalomban | cimbalmokban |
| superessive | cimbalmon | cimbalmokon |
| adessive | cimbalomnál | cimbalmoknál |
| illative | cimbalomba | cimbalmokba |
| sublative | cimbalomra | cimbalmokra |
| allative | cimbalomhoz | cimbalmokhoz |
| elative | cimbalomból | cimbalmokból |
| delative | cimbalomról | cimbalmokról |
| ablative | cimbalomtól | cimbalmoktól |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
cimbalomé | cimbalmoké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
cimbaloméi | cimbalmokéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | cimbalmom | cimbalmaim |
| 2nd person sing. | cimbalmod | cimbalmaid |
| 3rd person sing. | cimbalma | cimbalmai |
| 1st person plural | cimbalmunk | cimbalmaink |
| 2nd person plural | cimbalmotok | cimbalmaitok |
| 3rd person plural | cimbalmuk | cimbalmaik |
Derived terms
References
- ^ cimbalom 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
- cimbalom 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.
- cimbalom 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).