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Hungarian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): [ˈmeː] (if it has no suffix or if its suffix starts with a consonant, e.g. méhből, especially in the meaning of ’bee’)
- IPA(key): [ˈmeːɦ] (in inflected forms when followed by a vowel, e.g. méhek)
- IPA(key): [ˈmeːx] (another pronunciation variant, regardless of any subsequent sounds, especially in the meaning of ’womb’)[1]
- Rhymes: -meː, -eːx
Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-Finno-Ugric *mekše. Cognates include Finnish mehiläinen.
Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]méh (plural méhek)
- bee
- Synonym: méhecske (diminutive, hence childish; but it may also be used for the purpose of disambiguation from the other meaning)
Declension
[edit]The singular instrumental and translative case may differ depending on the dialect. When the word is pronounced with a silent H, they are méhvel and méhvé, respectively, but for speakers who pronounce the H, the corresponding forms will be méhhel and méhhé.[2]
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
---|---|---|
singular | plural | |
nominative | méh | méhek |
accusative | méhet | méheket |
dative | méhnek | méheknek |
instrumental | méhvel | méhekkel |
causal-final | méhért | méhekért |
translative | méhvé | méhekké |
terminative | méhig | méhekig |
essive-formal | méhként | méhekként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | méhben | méhekben |
superessive | méhen | méheken |
adessive | méhnél | méheknél |
illative | méhbe | méhekbe |
sublative | méhre | méhekre |
allative | méhhez | méhekhez |
elative | méhből | méhekből |
delative | méhről | méhekről |
ablative | méhtől | méhektől |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
méhé | méheké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
méhéi | méhekéi |
Possessive forms of méh | ||
---|---|---|
possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | méhem | méheim |
2nd person sing. | méhed | méheid |
3rd person sing. | méhe | méhei |
1st person plural | méhünk | méheink |
2nd person plural | méhetek | méheitek |
3rd person plural | méhük | méheik |
Derived terms
[edit]Compound words
Etymology 2
[edit]From a Slavic language. Compare Polish miech.
Noun
[edit]méh (plural méhek)
Declension
[edit]Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
---|---|---|
singular | plural | |
nominative | méh | méhek |
accusative | méhet | méheket |
dative | méhnek | méheknek |
instrumental | méhvel | méhekkel |
causal-final | méhért | méhekért |
translative | méhvé | méhekké |
terminative | méhig | méhekig |
essive-formal | méhként | méhekként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | méhben | méhekben |
superessive | méhen | méheken |
adessive | méhnél | méheknél |
illative | méhbe | méhekbe |
sublative | méhre | méhekre |
allative | méhhez | méhekhez |
elative | méhből | méhekből |
delative | méhről | méhekről |
ablative | méhtől | méhektől |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
méhé | méheké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
méhéi | méhekéi |
Possessive forms of méh | ||
---|---|---|
possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | méhem | méheim |
2nd person sing. | méhed | méheid |
3rd person sing. | méhe | méhei |
1st person plural | méhünk | méheink |
2nd person plural | méhetek | méheitek |
3rd person plural | méhük | méheik |
Derived terms
[edit]Compound words
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Balázs Sinkovics, Gyula Zsigri: A H-ra vonatkozó megszorítások történeti változásai in A nyelvtörténeti kutatások újabb eredményei vol. 4, JATE Press, 2005
- ^ Section 82e in A magyar helyesírás szabályai, 12. kiadás (’The Rules of Hungarian Orthography, 12th edition’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2015. →ISBN
Further reading
[edit]- (bee): méh 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
- (womb): méh 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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