magánkívül

Hungarian

Etymology

magán +‎ kívül

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɒɡaːŋkiːvyl]
• Hyphenation: ma‧gán‧kí‧vül
• Rhymes: -yl

Adverb

magánkívül (not comparable)

1. in a delirious or ecstatic state, in a trance
2. (figurative) beside oneself (overcome; consumed by an emotion; used with the appropriate form of van (“to be”) and either -ban/-ben of the possessive-suffixed form or -tól/-től of the lemma form of the noun expressing the emotion)

Usage notes

• This form is for the third person singular. For the other persons, magamon, magadon, magunkon, magatokon, magukon kívül is used (see magam, magad, maga, magunk, magatok, maguk).
• In the literal sense “aside/apart from oneself” or “in addition to oneself”, magán kívül is used in two words.

Further reading

• magánkívül 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