Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

From the ill- stem of illik +‎ -em (noun-forming suffix). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈilːɛm]
  • Hyphenation: il‧lem
  • Rhymes: -ɛm

Noun edit

illem (uncountable)

  1. decorum, good manners

Declension edit

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative illem
accusative illemet
dative illemnek
instrumental illemmel
causal-final illemért
translative illemmé
terminative illemig
essive-formal illemként
essive-modal
inessive illemben
superessive illemen
adessive illemnél
illative illembe
sublative illemre
allative illemhez
elative illemből
delative illemről
ablative illemtől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
illemé
non-attributive
possessive - plural
illeméi
Possessive forms of illem
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. illemem
2nd person sing. illemed
3rd person sing. illeme
1st person plural illemünk
2nd person plural illemetek
3rd person plural illemük

Derived terms edit

Compound words

References edit

  1. ^ illem 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

  • illem 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