igen
See also: -igen
Danish edit
Alternative forms edit
- igjen (obsolete)
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɛn
Adverb edit
igen
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
Probably a lexicalization of the i- stem variant of the demonstrative pronoun e ~ ez.[1] According to Lars Johansson, borrowing of Turkic particle egen ~ igen ‘evidently, indeed, certainly’ < erken, derived from er- ‘to be’.[2]
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
igen (not comparable)
- (literary) quite, very, rather, highly
- Synonym: nagyon
- 1974, Leo Tolstoy (author), László Németh (translator), Anna Karenina [Anna Karenina], Bucharest: Kriterion Könyvkiadó (1989), →ISBN, volume 1, part 1, chapter 1, page 7:
- Az történt vele ebben a pillanatban, ami az emberrel történni szokott, ha váratlanul igen szégyenletes dolgon érik. Arcát nem tudta a helyzethez szabni, amelybe bűne felfedésével a felesége előtt került.
- There happened to him at that instant what does happen to people when they are unexpectedly caught in something very disgraceful. He did not succeed in adapting his face to the position in which he was placed towards his wife by the discovery of his fault.
- 1975, Imre Kertész, translated by Tim Wilkinson, Sorstalanság, Budapest: Magvető Könyvkiadó (2016), →ISBN, page 25:
- Utolsónak mostohaanyám legidősebb bátyja, Lajos bácsi érkezett. Ő valami igen fontos tisztséget tölt be a családunkban, bár egész pontosan meghatározni nem tudnám, milyet.
- The last person to arrive was my stepmother’s oldest brother, Uncle Lajos. He fulfills some terribly important function in our family, though I’d be hard put to define exactly what that was.
Derived terms edit
Interjection edit
igen
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
igen (plural igenek)
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | igen | igenek |
accusative | igent | igeneket |
dative | igennek | igeneknek |
instrumental | igennel | igenekkel |
causal-final | igenért | igenekért |
translative | igenné | igenekké |
terminative | igenig | igenekig |
essive-formal | igenként | igenekként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | igenben | igenekben |
superessive | igenen | igeneken |
adessive | igennél | igeneknél |
illative | igenbe | igenekbe |
sublative | igenre | igenekre |
allative | igenhez | igenekhez |
elative | igenből | igenekből |
delative | igenről | igenekről |
ablative | igentől | igenektől |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
igené | igeneké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
igenéi | igenekéi |
Possessive forms of igen | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | igenem | igenjeim |
2nd person sing. | igened | igenjeid |
3rd person sing. | igenje | igenjei |
1st person plural | igenünk | igenjeink |
2nd person plural | igenetek | igenjeitek |
3rd person plural | igenjük | igenjeik |
References edit
- ^ Eőry, Vilma. Értelmező szótár+ (’Explanatory Dictionary Plus’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2007. →ISBN
- ^
Further reading edit
- (very): igen 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
- (yes): igen 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
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
igen
Karelian edit
North Karelian (Viena) |
ijen |
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South Karelian (Tver) |
igen |
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *igen, as if from *iken. Cognates include Finnish ien and Veps igin.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
igen (genitive igenen, partitive igendä)
- (South Karelian) gum (of the mouth)
Declension edit
Tver Karelian declension of igen (type 11/paimen, no gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | igen | igenet | |
genitive | igenen | igenien | |
partitive | igendä | igenie | |
illative | igeneh | igenih | |
inessive | igeneššä | igenissä | |
elative | igeneštä | igenistä | |
adessive | igenellä | igenillä | |
ablative | igeneldä | igenildä | |
translative | igenekši | igeniksi | |
essive | igeninä | igeninä | |
comitative | igenenke | igeninke | |
abessive | igenettä | igenittä |
Possessive forms of igen | ||
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1st person | igeneni | |
2nd person | igeneš | |
3rd person | igeneh | |
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses. |
References edit
Ludian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *igen.
Noun edit
igen
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse í gegn (“against”), from í (“in, on”) and gegn (“straight, direct”).
Adverb edit
igen (not comparable)
- again
- to a closed state, up, shut (of for example a door or something getting clogged)
- Han slängde igen dörren
- He slammed the door ("threw shut the door")
- Han sparkade igen dörren
- He kicked the door shut
Synonyms edit
- ånyo (archaic or formal)