mén
See also: Appendix:Variations of "men"
HungarianEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Of unknown origin.[1]
NounEdit
mén (plural mének)
DeclensionEdit
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | mén | mének |
accusative | mént | méneket |
dative | ménnek | méneknek |
instrumental | ménnel | ménekkel |
causal-final | ménért | ménekért |
translative | ménné | ménekké |
terminative | ménig | ménekig |
essive-formal | ménként | ménekként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | ménben | ménekben |
superessive | ménen | méneken |
adessive | ménnél | méneknél |
illative | ménbe | ménekbe |
sublative | ménre | ménekre |
allative | ménhez | ménekhez |
elative | ménből | ménekből |
delative | ménről | ménekről |
ablative | méntől | ménektől |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
méné | méneké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
ménéi | ménekéi |
Possessive forms of mén | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | ménem | ménjeim |
2nd person sing. | méned | ménjeid |
3rd person sing. | ménje | ménjei |
1st person plural | ménünk | ménjeink |
2nd person plural | ménetek | ménjeitek |
3rd person plural | ménjük | ménjeik |
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From a modified stem of megy + -en, compare megyen.
VerbEdit
mén
- (dialectal) archaic third-person singular indicative present form of megy
- 1863, János Arany, A Midsummer Night's Dream (translation of Shakespeare)
- Mind többre-többre mén az álkodás.
- You do advance your cunning more and more.
- Literally, “the cunning goes [advances] further and further”.
- You do advance your cunning more and more.
- Mind többre-többre mén az álkodás.
- 1863, János Arany, A Midsummer Night's Dream (translation of Shakespeare)
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN
Further readingEdit
- (stallion): mén in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962.
- (verb form): mén in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962.
KaingangEdit
NounEdit
mén
- husband (married man)
MandarinEdit
PronunciationEdit
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RomanizationEdit
mén (Zhuyin ㄇㄣˊ)
- Pinyin transcription of 門, 门
- Pinyin transcription of 亷
- Pinyin transcription of 捫, 扪
- Pinyin transcription of 樠
- Pinyin transcription of 汫
- Pinyin transcription of 璊
- Pinyin transcription of 瞒
- Pinyin transcription of 瞓
- Pinyin transcription of 穈
- Pinyin transcription of 菛
- Pinyin transcription of 虋
- Pinyin transcription of 鍆, 钔
- Pinyin transcription of 閅
VietnameseEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
mén