fém
Hungarian
editEtymology
editShortened from fémlik, a variant form of fénylik (“to shine, glitter”). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editfém (plural fémek)
- (chemistry) metal (any of a number of chemical elements in the periodic table that form a metallic bond with other metal atoms; generally shiny, somewhat malleable and hard, often a conductor of heat and electricity)
Declension
editInflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | fém | fémek |
accusative | fémet | fémeket |
dative | fémnek | fémeknek |
instrumental | fémmel | fémekkel |
causal-final | fémért | fémekért |
translative | fémmé | fémekké |
terminative | fémig | fémekig |
essive-formal | fémként | fémekként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | fémben | fémekben |
superessive | fémen | fémeken |
adessive | fémnél | fémeknél |
illative | fémbe | fémekbe |
sublative | fémre | fémekre |
allative | fémhez | fémekhez |
elative | fémből | fémekből |
delative | fémről | fémekről |
ablative | fémtől | fémektől |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
fémé | fémeké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
féméi | fémekéi |
Possessive forms of fém | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | fémem | fémeim |
2nd person sing. | fémed | fémeid |
3rd person sing. | féme | fémei |
1st person plural | fémünk | fémeink |
2nd person plural | fémetek | fémeitek |
3rd person plural | fémük | fémeik |
Antonyms
editDerived terms
editCompound words
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ fém 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- fém 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