ortodox

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ur.tuˈðɔks]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [or.toˈðɔks]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [oɾ.toˈðɔks]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Adjective

ortodox (feminine ortodoxa, masculine plural ortodoxos, feminine plural ortodoxes)

1. Orthodox

Hungarian

Etymology

From German orthodox, from Ancient Greek ὀρθόδοξος (orthódoxos), from ὀρθός (orthós, “straight”) + δόξα (dóxa, “opinion”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈortodoks]
• Hyphenation: or‧to‧dox
• Rhymes: -oks

Adjective

ortodox (not comparable)

1. orthodox

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	ortodox	ortodoxak
accusative	ortodoxat	ortodoxakat
dative	ortodoxnak	ortodoxaknak
instrumental	ortodoxszal	ortodoxakkal
causal-final	ortodoxért	ortodoxakért
translative	ortodoxszá	ortodoxakká
terminative	ortodoxig	ortodoxakig
essive-formal	ortodoxként	ortodoxakként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	ortodoxban	ortodoxakban
superessive	ortodoxon	ortodoxakon
adessive	ortodoxnál	ortodoxaknál
illative	ortodoxba	ortodoxakba
sublative	ortodoxra	ortodoxakra
allative	ortodoxhoz	ortodoxakhoz
elative	ortodoxból	ortodoxakból
delative	ortodoxról	ortodoxakról
ablative	ortodoxtól	ortodoxaktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	ortodoxé	ortodoxaké
non-attributive possessive – plural	ortodoxéi	ortodoxakéi

Noun

ortodox (plural ortodoxok)

1. one that is orthodox

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	ortodox	ortodoxok
accusative	ortodoxot	ortodoxokat
dative	ortodoxnak	ortodoxoknak
instrumental	ortodoxszal	ortodoxokkal
causal-final	ortodoxért	ortodoxokért
translative	ortodoxszá	ortodoxokká
terminative	ortodoxig	ortodoxokig
essive-formal	ortodoxként	ortodoxokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	ortodoxban	ortodoxokban
superessive	ortodoxon	ortodoxokon
adessive	ortodoxnál	ortodoxoknál
illative	ortodoxba	ortodoxokba
sublative	ortodoxra	ortodoxokra
allative	ortodoxhoz	ortodoxokhoz
elative	ortodoxból	ortodoxokból
delative	ortodoxról	ortodoxokról
ablative	ortodoxtól	ortodoxoktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	ortodoxé	ortodoxoké
non-attributive possessive – plural	ortodoxéi	ortodoxokéi

Possessive forms of ortodox

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	ortodoxom	ortodoxaim
2nd person sing.	ortodoxod	ortodoxaid
3rd person sing.	ortodoxa	ortodoxai
1st person plural	ortodoxunk	ortodoxaink
2nd person plural	ortodoxotok	ortodoxaitok
3rd person plural	ortodoxuk	ortodoxaik

Further reading

• ortodox 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.

Middle English

Adjective

ortodox

1. alternative form of orthodoxe

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ορθόδοξος (orthódoxos), Latin orthodoxus, French orthodoxe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /or.toˈdoks/

• Audio:

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Adjective

ortodox m or n (feminine singular ortodoxă, masculine plural ortodocși, feminine/neuter plural ortodoxe)

1. Orthodox

Declension

Declension of ortodox

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	ortodox		ortodoxă	ortodocși	ortodoxe
	definite	ortodoxul		ortodoxa	ortodocșii	ortodoxele
genitive- dative	indefinite	ortodox		ortodoxe	ortodocși	ortodoxe
	definite	ortodoxului		ortodoxei	ortodocșilor	ortodoxelor

Noun

ortodox m (plural ortodocși)

1. Orthodox

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	ortodox	ortodoxul	ortodocși	ortodocșii
genitive-dative	ortodox	ortodoxului	ortodocși	ortodocșilor
vocative	ortodoxule		ortodocșilor

References

• “ortodox”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026

Swedish

Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek ὀρθόδοξος (orthódoxos).

Adjective

ortodox (comparative mer ortodox, superlative mest ortodox)

1. orthodox, Orthodox
2. (nominalized) an orthodox person, an Orthodox

   Vi ortodoxa ber ofta Jesusbönen.

   We Orthodox often pray the Jesus prayer.

Declension

Inflection of ortodox

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	ortodox	mer ortodox	mest ortodox
neuter singular	ortodoxt	mer ortodoxt	mest ortodoxt
plural	ortodoxa	mer ortodoxa	mest ortodoxa
masculine plural2	ortodoxe	mer ortodoxa	mest ortodoxa
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	ortodoxe	mer ortodoxe	mest ortodoxe
all	ortodoxa	mer ortodoxa	mest ortodoxa

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Derived terms

• albansk-ortodox
• bulgarisk-ortodox
• georgisk-ortodox
• grekisk-ortodox
• hyperortodox
• oortodox
• polsk-ortodox
• rumänsk-ortodox
• rysk-ortodox
• serbisk-ortodox
• syrisk-ortodox
• ultraortodox

Related terms

• heterodox
• ortodoxi

References

• “ortodox”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)