tigris

See also: Tigris and Tígris

Hungarian

Etymology

From Latin tigris, from Ancient Greek τίγρις (tígris, “tiger”), probably of Iranian origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtiɡriʃ]
  • Hyphenation: tig‧ris
tigris

Noun

tigris (plural tigrisek)

  1. tiger (mammal)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative tigris tigrisek
accusative tigrist tigriseket
dative tigrisnek tigriseknek
instrumental tigrissel tigrisekkel
causal-final tigrisért tigrisekért
translative tigrissé tigrisekké
terminative tigrisig tigrisekig
essive-formal tigrisként tigrisekként
essive-modal — —
inessive tigrisben tigrisekben
superessive tigrisen tigriseken
adessive tigrisnél tigriseknél
illative tigrisbe tigrisekbe
sublative tigrisre tigrisekre
allative tigrishez tigrisekhez
elative tigrisből tigrisekből
delative tigrisről tigrisekről
ablative tigristől tigrisektől
Possessive forms of tigris
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. tigrisem tigriseim
2nd person sing. tigrised tigriseid
3rd person sing. tigrise tigrisei
1st person plural tigrisünk tigriseink
2nd person plural tigrisetek tigriseitek
3rd person plural tigrisük tigriseik

Derived terms

Latin

tīgris (a tiger)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τίγρις (tígris, “tiger”), probably of Iranian origin.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈti.ɡris/, [ˈtɪ.ɡrɪs]
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtiː.ɡris/, [ˈtiː.ɡrɪs]
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Noun

tigris m (genitive tigris or tigridis); third declension
tīgris m (genitive tīgris or tīgridis); third declension

  1. tiger
  2. (poetic) tigress
  3. a tiger skin

Declension

The declension of this noun is varied. When declined like a parisyllabic i-stem, the accusative singular may be tigrem and the ablative singular may be tigrī.

Third declension, alternative accusative singular in -im, alternative ablative singular in -ī and accusative plural in -īs.

Case Singular Plural
nominative tigris tigrēs
genitive tigris tigrium
dative tigrī tigribus
accusative tigrem
tigrim		 tigrēs
tigrīs
ablative tigre
tigrī		 tigribus
vocative tigris tigrēs

Third declension, alternative accusative singular in -im, alternative ablative singular in -ī and accusative plural in -īs.

Case Singular Plural
nominative tīgris tīgrēs
genitive tīgris tīgrium
dative tīgrī tīgribus
accusative tīgrem
tīgrim		 tīgrēs
tīgrīs
ablative tīgre
tīgrī		 tīgribus
vocative tīgris tīgrēs

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative tigris tigridēs
genitive tigridis tigridum
dative tigridī tigridibus
accusative tigridem tigridēs
ablative tigride tigridibus
vocative tigris tigridēs

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative tīgris tīgridēs
genitive tīgridis tīgridum
dative tīgridī tīgridibus
accusative tīgridem tīgridēs
ablative tīgride tīgridibus
vocative tīgris tīgridēs

Descendants

See also

References

  • tigris in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • tigris in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • tigris in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • tigris in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • tigris in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎
  • tigris in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • tigris in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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