mögé
Hungarian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Lexicalization of the dialectal noun mög (“space behind something”) + -é (locative suffix).[1] The base word is from Proto-Finno-Ugric *miŋä or *müŋä (“space behind something”). Cognates include Finnish myös.[2]
Postposition edit
mögé
- behind, to behind
- az ellenséges vonal mögé ― behind enemy lines
- Elbújtam a függöny mögé. ― I hid behind the curtain.
Usage notes edit
This term may also be part of the split form of a verb prefixed with mögé-, occurring when the main verb does not follow the prefix directly. It can be interpreted only with the related verb form, irrespective of its position in the sentence, e.g. meg tudták volna nézni (“they could have seen it”, from megnéz). For verbs with this prefix, see mögé-; for an overview, Appendix:Hungarian verbal prefixes.
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From the postposition mögé.
Pronoun edit
mögé
- Synonym of mögéje.
- Valaki egy széket helyezett mögé. ― Someone placed a chair behind him/her/it.
Declension edit
See also edit
References edit
- ^ mögé 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.)
- ^ Entry #546 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
Further reading edit
- mögé 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