fent
See also: Fent
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Old French fente, from Latin findēre (“to cleave”).
Noun edit
fent (plural fents)
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
fent (uncountable)
Anagrams edit
Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
fent
Hungarian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
First attested in 1525. From the fen variant of fenn (“above”) + -t (locative suffix).[1]
Alternative forms edit
Adverb edit
fent (comparative feljebb or fentebb, superlative legfelül or legfentebb)
Usage notes edit
The form fentebb and the uncommon legfentebb are only used in formal style with említett (or a synonymous verb), in the sense “above-mentioned” or “aforesaid”. In the literal sense, feljebb (or its variant följebb) and legfelül (or its variant legfölül) are used as its comparative and superlative.
Derived terms edit
Compound words
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
fent
- third-person singular indicative past indefinite of fen
- János késeket és ollókat fent. ― János sharpened / was sharpening knives and pairs of scissors.
Participle edit
fent
- past participle of fen
- Ez egy élesre fent kés. ― It is a knife whetted sharp.
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | fent | fentek |
accusative | fentet | fenteket |
dative | fentnek | fenteknek |
instrumental | fenttel | fentekkel |
causal-final | fentért | fentekért |
translative | fentté | fentekké |
terminative | fentig | fentekig |
essive-formal | fentként | fentekként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | fentben | fentekben |
superessive | fenten | fenteken |
adessive | fentnél | fenteknél |
illative | fentbe | fentekbe |
sublative | fentre | fentekre |
allative | fenthez | fentekhez |
elative | fentből | fentekből |
delative | fentről | fentekről |
ablative | fenttől | fentektől |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
fenté | fenteké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
fentéi | fentekéi |
Etymology 3 edit
fen (“fen”, Chinese monetary subunit) + -t (accusative suffix)
Noun edit
fent
References edit
- ^ fent 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
- fent 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
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