cimbalom

English

A cimbalom

Alternative forms

• cymbalom
• cymbalum
• zimbalon
• zimbaloon

Etymology

From Hungarian cimbalom. Doublet of cymbal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪmbələm/

Noun

cimbalom (plural cimbaloms)

1. A type of concert hammered dulcimer used primarily in the music of 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

• Czech: cimbál (cs) m
• French: cymbalum (fr) m
• Hungarian: cimbalom (hu)
• Polish: cymbały (pl) nvir

Further reading

• cimbalom on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Hungarian

cimbalom

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cymbalum (“cymbal”), from Ancient Greek κύμβαλον (kúmbalon). First attested after 1416.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡simbɒlom]
• Hyphenation: cim‧ba‧lom
• Rhymes: -om

Noun

cimbalom (plural cimbalmok)

1. (music) cimbalom (a type of concert-hammered dulcimer)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	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

Possessive forms of cimbalom
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

• cimbalmos
• cimbalmozik

 

Further reading

• cimbalom in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• cimbalom in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)