felé
Hungarian edit
Alternative forms edit
- fele (folksy)
Etymology edit
Lexicalization of the noun fél (“side, part; half”) + -é (locative suffix).[1][2]
Pronunciation edit
Postposition edit
felé
- to, towards, in the direction of
- nearby, around
- near, towards (a short but undetermined time before an event or time in question)
- into, -way (dividing/cutting something into a defined number of portions)
- Négyfelé tépte a levelet. ― He tore the letter into four pieces.
- Kétfelé vágtam a kenyeret. ― I cut the bread in two.
- (dialectal, rare) to above (variant of fölé)
Derived terms edit
Compound words with spatial meanings: “in … direction, toward[s]”
Compound words with temporal meanings: “around”
Compound words with numerals and numeral pronouns (selection): “in [number of] direction[s], into … part[s]”
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Pronoun edit
felé
- towards someone or something
- Felém fordult. ― He turned towards me.
- (plural only) here, over here (in the area, city, country where the person comes from or lives)
- Hallottam, hogy nagy vihar volt felétek. ― I've heard you had a big storm. (where you live)
- Mifelénk most nagyon hideg van. ― Over here is very cold right now.
Declension edit
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See also edit
References edit
- ^ Eőry, Vilma. Értelmező szótár+ (’Explanatory Dictionary Plus’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2007. →ISBN
- ^ felé 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.), at felől
Mende edit
Numeral edit
felé
Spanish edit
Verb edit
felé