zenit

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See also: Zenit, zénit, ženit, and ženiť

Catalan[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

zenit m (plural zenits)

  1. zenith

Further reading[edit]

Crimean Tatar[edit]

Etymology[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

Noun[edit]

zenit

  1. zenith

Declension[edit]

Declension of zenit
singular plural
nominative zenit zenitler
genitive zenitniñ zenitlerniñ
dative zenitke zenitlerge
accusative zenitni zenitlerni
locative zenitte zenitlerde
ablative zenitten zenitlerden

References[edit]

Czech[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin zenit.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

zenit m inan

  1. zenith
    Synonym: nadhlavník

Declension[edit]

Declension of zenit (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative zenit zenity
genitive zenitu zenitů
dative zenitu zenitům
accusative zenit zenity
vocative zenite zenity
locative zenitu zenitech
instrumental zenitem zenity

Further reading[edit]

  • zenit in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • zenit in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish[edit]

Danish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia da

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin cenit (see further there).

Noun[edit]

zenit

  1. (uncountable) zenith

Dutch[edit]

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nl

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin cenit, from Old Spanish [Term?], from Arabic سَمْت (samt).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈzeːnɪt/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: ze‧nit

Noun[edit]

zenit n (uncountable)

  1. (astronomy) zenith

Related terms[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Hungarian[edit]

 zenit on Hungarian Wikipedia

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from German Zenit,[1] from Medieval Latin cenit, a transliteration of Arabic سَمْت (samt, “direction, path”) which is in itself a weak abbreviation of سَمْت الرَأْس (samt ar-raʔs, “direction of the head”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈzɛnit]
  • Hyphenation: ze‧nit
  • Rhymes: -it
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Noun[edit]

zenit (plural zenitek)

  1. (astronomy) zenith (point in the sky vertically above a given position or observer; the point in the celestial sphere opposite the nadir)
  2. (figuratively) zenith (highest point or state; peak)
    Synonyms: csúcspont, tetőpont

Declension[edit]

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative zenit zenitek
accusative zenitet zeniteket
dative zenitnek zeniteknek
instrumental zenittel zenitekkel
causal-final zenitért zenitekért
translative zenitté zenitekké
terminative zenitig zenitekig
essive-formal zenitként zenitekként
essive-modal — —
inessive zenitben zenitekben
superessive zeniten zeniteken
adessive zenitnél zeniteknél
illative zenitbe zenitekbe
sublative zenitre zenitekre
allative zenithez zenitekhez
elative zenitből zenitekből
delative zenitről zenitekről
ablative zenittől zenitektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		zenité zeniteké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		zenitéi zenitekéi
Possessive forms of zenit
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. zenitem zenitjeim
2nd person sing. zenited zenitjeid
3rd person sing. zenitje zenitjei
1st person plural zenitünk zenitjeink
2nd person plural zenitetek zenitjeitek
3rd person plural zenitjük zenitjeik

References[edit]

  1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

Further reading[edit]

  • zenit 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

Indonesian[edit]

Noun[edit]

zenit (first-person possessive zenitku, second-person possessive zenitmu, third-person possessive zenitnya)

  1. zenith

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Medieval Latin cenit, a transliteration of Arabic سَمْت (samt, “direction, path”) which is in itself a weak abbreviation of سَمْت الرَأْس (samt ar-raʔs, “direction of the head”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): */ˈd͡zɛ.nit/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnit
  • Hyphenation: zè‧nit

Noun[edit]

zenit m

  1. (astronomy) zenith

Polish[edit]

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Old Spanish zenit, from Medieval Latin cenit, from Arabic سَمْت (samt), from Aramaic סֵימִטָא (sēmiṭā) from Latin sēmĭta, from Proto-Italic *sēmitā, from Proto-Indo-European *swé + *mey- + *-tós.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

zenit m inan

  1. (astronomy) zenith (point vertically above a position or observer)
    Synonym: apogeum
    Antonym: nadir
  2. (astronomy) zenith (highest point reached by a celestial body)
  3. zenith (highest point or state; peak)
    Synonyms: maks, maksimum
    Antonym: minimum

Declension[edit]

Declension of zenit
singular
nominative zenit
genitive zenitu
dative zenitowi
accusative zenit
instrumental zenitem
locative zenicie
vocative zenicie

Derived terms[edit]

adjectives
nouns

Further reading[edit]

  • zenit in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • zenit in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French zénith.

Noun[edit]

zenit n (uncountable)

  1. zenith

Declension[edit]

declension of zenit (singular only)
singular
n gender indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) zenit zenitul
genitive/dative (unui) zenit zenitului
vocative zenitule

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /zěniːt/
  • Hyphenation: ze‧nit

Noun[edit]

zènīt m (Cyrillic spelling зѐнӣт)

  1. zenith

Declension[edit]

Declension of zenit
singular plural
nominative zènīt zeniti
genitive zeníta zenita
dative zenitu zenitima
accusative zenit zenite
vocative zenite zeniti
locative zenitu zenitima
instrumental zenitom zenitima

Spanish[edit]

Noun[edit]

zenit m (plural zenit)

  1. Alternative spelling of cenit

Further reading[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun[edit]

zenit n

  1. (astronomy) zenith
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