mellé
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
Lexicalization of mell (“chest, breast”) + -é.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Postposition edit
mellé
Usage notes edit
This term may also be part of the split form of a verb prefixed with mellé-, 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 mellé-; for an overview, Appendix:Hungarian verbal prefixes.
Related terms edit
Pronoun edit
mellé
- Alternative form of melléje (“next to him/her/it”).
Declension edit
See also edit
References edit
- ^ mellé 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
- (postposition: next to): mellé 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
- (pronoun: alternative form of melléje (“next to him/her/it”)): mellé 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
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Verb edit
mellé