Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

Back-formation from telepedik. Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈtɛlɛp]
  • Hyphenation: te‧lep

Noun edit

telep (plural telepek)

  1. (buildings and structures) yard (an enclosed area designated for a specific purpose, e.g. on railways etc.)
    1. (manufacturing) plant, works, workshop, station (a place where one performs a task or where one is on call to perform a task)
      Synonyms: üzem, gyár, erőmű, létesítmény
    2. (agriculture) ranch, farm, plantation
      Synonyms: farm, üzem, ültetvény
    3. (recreation) resort (a place where people go for recreation, especially one with facilities)
      Synonyms: üdülőhely, üdülőkörzet, üdülőövezet, üdülőtelep, nyaralóhely
    4. (mining, archaeology) site, deposit (e.g. for mining or archeological research)
      Synonym: lelőhely
  2. (electricity) (storage) battery, storage cell
    Synonyms: elem, akkumulátor
  3. (sociology) colony, settlement
    Synonyms: csoport, közösség, gyülekezet, település, kolónia
  4. (botany) thallus, mycelium (an undifferentiated plant body, such as in algae or fungi)

Declension edit

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative telep telepek
accusative telepet telepeket
dative telepnek telepeknek
instrumental teleppel telepekkel
causal-final telepért telepekért
translative teleppé telepekké
terminative telepig telepekig
essive-formal telepként telepekként
essive-modal
inessive telepben telepekben
superessive telepen telepeken
adessive telepnél telepeknél
illative telepbe telepekbe
sublative telepre telepekre
allative telephez telepekhez
elative telepből telepekből
delative telepről telepekről
ablative teleptől telepektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
telepé telepeké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
telepéi telepekéi
Possessive forms of telep
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. telepem telepeim
2nd person sing. teleped telepeid
3rd person sing. telepe telepei
1st person plural telepünk telepeink
2nd person plural telepetek telepeitek
3rd person plural telepük telepeik

Derived terms edit

Compound words

References edit

  1. ^ telep 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

  • telep 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