pergamen

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛrɡamɛn]

Noun

pergamen m inan (relational adjective pergamenový)

1. parchment (material)

Declension

Declension of pergamen (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	pergamen	pergameny
genitive	pergamenu	pergamenů
dative	pergamenu	pergamenům
accusative	pergamen	pergameny
vocative	pergamene	pergameny
locative	pergameně, pergamenu	pergamenech
instrumental	pergamenem	pergameny

Further reading

• “pergamen”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “pergamen”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “pergamen”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Hungarian

Alternative forms

• pergament (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin pergamēnum, pergamentum (“parchment”), later also from German Pergament (“parchment”). First attested in 1510.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛrɡɒmɛn]
• Rhymes: -ɛn
• Hyphenation: per‧ga‧men

Noun

pergamen (plural pergamenek)

1. parchment (material made from animal skin, used for writing)
   1. parchment (document made on such material)
2. parchment paper

   Synonyms: hártyapapír (dated), pergamenpapír

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	pergamen	pergamenek
accusative	pergament	pergameneket
dative	pergamennek	pergameneknek
instrumental	pergamennel	pergamenekkel
causal-final	pergamenért	pergamenekért
translative	pergamenné	pergamenekké
terminative	pergamenig	pergamenekig
essive-formal	pergamenként	pergamenekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	pergamenben	pergamenekben
superessive	pergamenen	pergameneken
adessive	pergamennél	pergameneknél
illative	pergamenbe	pergamenekbe
sublative	pergamenre	pergamenekre
allative	pergamenhez	pergamenekhez
elative	pergamenből	pergamenekből
delative	pergamenről	pergamenekről
ablative	pergamentől	pergamenektől
non-attributive possessive – singular	pergamené	pergameneké
non-attributive possessive – plural	pergamenéi	pergamenekéi

Possessive forms of pergamen

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	pergamenem	pergamenjeim
2nd person sing.	pergamened	pergamenjeid
3rd person sing.	pergamenje	pergamenjei
1st person plural	pergamenünk	pergamenjeink
2nd person plural	pergamenetek	pergamenjeitek
3rd person plural	pergamenjük	pergamenjeik

Derived terms

• pergamenes

Compound words

• pergamenpapír

Further reading

• pergamen 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.
• pergamen and (with subscription) pergamen  in Ferenc Pusztai, editor, Magyar értelmező kéziszótár [A Concise Explanatory Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÉKsz.²), 2nd, expanded and revised edition, Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2003 (online searchable version under development).