eleji
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
eleje + -i (adjective-forming suffix), dropping the possessive suffix -e.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
eleji (not comparable)
- early ……, ……-initial, at/of/from the beginning of ……
- Antonym: végi
- a 20. század eleji írók ― the early-20th-century writers
- az év eleji válság ― the crisis at the beginning of the year
Usage notes edit
It is one of the few cases in Hungarian orthography when the deletion of the possessive suffix does not entail writing the resulting phrase in solid (in one word, as a compound) as a result of elision, as opposed to the regular case when e.g. the deletion of -e in [az] ablak üvege (“[the] pane of [the] window”) results in ablaküveg (“windowpane”).[1] These exceptions involve the adjective-forming suffix -i and they include (belseje →) belseji, (eleje →) eleji, (kora →) kori (or regular korabeli), (vége →) végi, as well as geographical adjectives like (alja →) alji, (foka →) foki, (környéke →) környéki, (köze →) közi, (melléke →) melléki, (mente →) menti, (szöge →) szögi, and (vidéke →) vidéki.[2] Other similar constructions include (napja →) napi (anyák/háromkirályok/halottak napi), (tere →) téri (e.g. Örs vezér, Rózsák, Hősök téri/terei, the latter form being ambiguous, possibly referring to multiple possessions), and (útja →) úti (e.g. Királyok úti). Most of these words may also have a meaning without an implicit possessive sense.
See also the rest of the Usage notes at végi.
Declension edit
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | eleji | elejiek |
| accusative | elejit | elejieket |
| dative | elejinek | elejieknek |
| instrumental | elejivel | elejiekkel |
| causal-final | elejiért | elejiekért |
| translative | elejivé | elejiekké |
| terminative | elejiig | elejiekig |
| essive-formal | elejiként | elejiekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | elejiben | elejiekben |
| superessive | elejin | elejieken |
| adessive | elejinél | elejieknél |
| illative | elejibe | elejiekbe |
| sublative | elejire | elejiekre |
| allative | elejihez | elejiekhez |
| elative | elejiből | elejiekből |
| delative | elejiről | elejiekről |
| ablative | elejitől | elejiektől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
elejié | elejieké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
elejiéi | elejiekéi |
References edit
- ^ Section 95 and Section 110 in A magyar helyesírás szabályai, 12. kiadás (’The Rules of Hungarian Orthography, 12th edition’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2015. →ISBN
- ^ Section 183 in A magyar helyesírás szabályai, 12. kiadás (’The Rules of Hungarian Orthography, 12th edition’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2015. →ISBN