See also: mödor

Hungarian

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Etymology

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From mód +‎ -r (obsolete noun-forming suffix). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈmodor]
  • Hyphenation: mo‧dor
  • Rhymes: -or

Noun

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modor (plural modorok)

  1. manners
    Synonym: viselkedés
    1. good manners
      Synonyms: illem, illendőség, jólneveltség, jó modor
  2. manner, style (following the style of a particular person, e.g. an author, or that of a people)
    Synonym: stílus
  3. tone, language, tenor, note
    Synonyms: hangnem, hangvétel, hang, tónus, beszédmód, kifejezésmód

Declension

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Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative modor modorok
accusative modort modorokat
dative modornak modoroknak
instrumental modorral modorokkal
causal-final modorért modorokért
translative modorrá modorokká
terminative modorig modorokig
essive-formal modorként modorokként
essive-modal
inessive modorban modorokban
superessive modoron modorokon
adessive modornál modoroknál
illative modorba modorokba
sublative modorra modorokra
allative modorhoz modorokhoz
elative modorból modorokból
delative modorról modorokról
ablative modortól modoroktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
modoré modoroké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
modoréi modorokéi
Possessive forms of modor
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. modorom modoraim
2nd person sing. modorod modoraid
3rd person sing. modora modorai
1st person plural modorunk modoraink
2nd person plural modorotok modoraitok
3rd person plural modoruk modoraik

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References

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  1. ^ modor in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.

Further reading

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  • modor 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

Old English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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    From Proto-West Germanic *mōder, from Proto-Germanic *mōdēr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr. Cognate with Old Frisian mōder, Old Saxon mōdar, Old Dutch muoder, Old High German muoter, Old Norse móðir.

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    Noun

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    mōdor f

    1. mother

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