Tigris
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin Tigris, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek Τίγρις (Tígris), an alternative form of Τίγρης (Tígrēs), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Persian 𐎫𐎡𐎥𐎼𐎠 (Tigrā), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Elamite 𒋾𒅅𒊏 (ti-ig-ra), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Sumerian 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 (ÍDIdigna, ÍDIdigina, literally “fast as an arrow”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Tigris
- A river in Southwest Asia flowing 1,150 miles east-southeast from the Armenian Highland in Turkey through Iraq. It forms the eastern edge of classical Mesopotamia. It unites with the Euphrates River to form the Shatt al-Arab before flowing into the Persian Gulf.
Translations
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See also
Catalan
Proper noun
Tigris m
Czech
Proper noun
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Finnish
Proper noun
Tigris
Declension
Inflection of Tigris (Kotus type 41/vieras, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Tigris | — | ||
genitive | Tigriin | — | ||
partitive | Tigristä | — | ||
illative | Tigriiseen | — | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Tigris | — | ||
accusative | nom. | Tigris | — | |
gen. | Tigriin | |||
genitive | Tigriin | — | ||
partitive | Tigristä | — | ||
inessive | Tigriissä | — | ||
elative | Tigriistä | — | ||
illative | Tigriiseen | — | ||
adessive | Tigriillä | — | ||
ablative | Tigriiltä | — | ||
allative | Tigriille | — | ||
essive | Tigriinä | — | ||
translative | Tigriiksi | — | ||
abessive | Tigriittä | — | ||
instructive | — | — | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Inflection of Tigris (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Tigris | — | ||
genitive | Tigriksen | — | ||
partitive | Tigristä | — | ||
illative | Tigrikseen | — | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Tigris | — | ||
accusative | nom. | Tigris | — | |
gen. | Tigriksen | |||
genitive | Tigriksen | — | ||
partitive | Tigristä | — | ||
inessive | Tigriksessä | — | ||
elative | Tigriksestä | — | ||
illative | Tigrikseen | — | ||
adessive | Tigriksellä | — | ||
ablative | Tigrikseltä | — | ||
allative | Tigrikselle | — | ||
essive | Tigriksenä | — | ||
translative | Tigrikseksi | — | ||
abessive | Tigriksettä | — | ||
instructive | — | — | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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German
Proper noun
Tigris m (genitive Tigris)
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Tigris
Declension
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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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 |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
Tigrisé | Tigriseké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
Tigriséi | Tigrisekéi |
Possessive forms of Tigris | ||
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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 |
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Τίγρις (Tígris).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈti.ɡris/, [ˈt̪ɪɡrɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈti.ɡris/, [ˈt̪iːɡris]
Proper noun
Tigris m sg (genitive Tigridis); third declension
- Tigris (river)
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -im or -in, ablative singular in -e or -ī), singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Tigris |
Genitive | Tigridis |
Dative | Tigridī |
Accusative | Tigridim Tigridin |
Ablative | Tigride Tigridī |
Vocative | Tigris |
See also
Descendants
References
- “Tigris”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Tigris in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Serbo-Croatian
Proper noun
Tigris m (Cyrillic spelling Тигрис)
Slovak
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Tigris m (genitive singular Tigrisu, declension pattern of dub)
- the river Tigris
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- “Tigris”, 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, 2024
Spanish
Proper noun
Tigris m
- the river Tigris
- English terms derived from Latin
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English terms derived from Old Persian
- English terms derived from Elamite
- English terms derived from Sumerian
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Exonyms
- en:Rivers
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan proper nouns
- Catalan masculine nouns
- cs:Rivers
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- Finnish vieras-type nominals
- Finnish uncountable nouns
- Finnish vastaus-type nominals
- fi:Rivers
- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
- German masculine nouns
- de:Exonyms
- de:Rivers
- Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hungarian lemmas
- Hungarian proper nouns
- hu:Rivers
- Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Latin 2-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin lemmas
- Latin proper nouns
- Latin third declension nouns
- Latin masculine nouns in the third declension
- Latin masculine nouns
- la:Rivers
- Serbo-Croatian lemmas
- Serbo-Croatian proper nouns
- Serbo-Croatian masculine nouns
- sh:Rivers
- Slovak 2-syllable words
- Slovak terms with IPA pronunciation
- Slovak lemmas
- Slovak proper nouns
- Slovak masculine nouns
- sk:Rivers
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish proper nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
- es:Exonyms
- es:Rivers