meder
See also: Meder
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
Of unknown origin.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
meder (plural medrek)
- bed, channel, course (a channel that a flowing body of water follows; e.g. the bottom earthen part of a river)
- (figuratively, formal) direction, characteristics
Declension edit
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | meder | medrek |
| accusative | medret | medreket |
| dative | medernek | medreknek |
| instrumental | mederrel | medrekkel |
| causal-final | mederért | medrekért |
| translative | mederré | medrekké |
| terminative | mederig | medrekig |
| essive-formal | mederként | medrekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | mederben | medrekben |
| superessive | medren | medreken |
| adessive | medernél | medreknél |
| illative | mederbe | medrekbe |
| sublative | mederre | medrekre |
| allative | mederhez | medrekhez |
| elative | mederből | medrekből |
| delative | mederről | medrekről |
| ablative | medertől | medrektől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
mederé | medreké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
mederéi | medrekéi |
| Possessive forms of meder | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | medrem | medreim |
| 2nd person sing. | medred | medreid |
| 3rd person sing. | medre | medrei |
| 1st person plural | medrünk | medreink |
| 2nd person plural | medretek | medreitek |
| 3rd person plural | medrük | medreik |
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ meder in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading edit
- meder 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
- meder in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Μῆδος (Mêdos).
Noun edit
meder m (definite singular mederen, indefinite plural medere, definite plural mederne)
See also edit
- medar (Nynorsk)
References edit
- “meder” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Derived from Latin Mēdus, from Ancient Greek Μῆδος (Mêdos). Cognate of German Meder, French mède.
Noun edit
meder c
Declension edit
| Declension of meder | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | meder | medern | meder | mederna |
| Genitive | meders | mederns | meders | medernas |