tigris

See also: Tigris

§Hungarian

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§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 of tigris (plural in -ek, 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): /ˈtiː.ɡris/

• Audio (Classical)

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§Noun

tīgris m (genitive tigris 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 i-stem, alternative accusative singular in -im and ablative singular in -ī. Number Singular Plural nominative tīgris tīgrēs genitive tīgris tīgrium dative tīgrī tīgribus accusative tīgrim tīgrem tīgrīs tīgrēs ablative tīgrī tīgre tīgribus vocative tīgris tīgrēs

Third declension. Number Singular Plural nominative tīgris tīgridēs genitive tīgridis tīgridum dative tīgridī tīgridibus accusative tīgridem tīgridēs ablative tīgride tīgridibus vocative tīgris tīgridēs

§Related terms

• tigrifer
• 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