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

• bengáli tigris
• szibériai tigris
• tigriscápa

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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

Related terms

→

• tigriceps
• tigrifer

• tigriger
• tigrīnus

Descendants

• Catalan: tigre
• English: tiger
• Esperanto: tigro
• French: tigre
• Hungarian: tigris

• Interlingua: tigre
• Italian: tigre
• Portuguese: tigre
• Romanian: tigru
• Spanish: tigre

See also

• Tīgris

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^[1]
• 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