önhitt
Hungarian
Etymology
From ön- (“self”) + hitt (“believed”), from hisz (“to believe”) + -tt (past-participle suffix). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries. Calque of German [Term?].[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈønɦitː]
- Hyphenation: ön‧hitt
- Rhymes: -itː
Adjective
önhitt (comparative önhittebb, superlative legönhittebb)
- (higher register, derogatory) smug, self-important (having, or behaving as if having, too high of an opinion of one's own importance)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | önhitt | önhittek |
| accusative | önhittet | önhitteket |
| dative | önhittnek | önhitteknek |
| instrumental | önhittel | önhittekkel |
| causal-final | önhittért | önhittekért |
| translative | önhitté | önhittekké |
| terminative | önhittig | önhittekig |
| essive-formal | önhittként | önhittekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | önhittben | önhittekben |
| superessive | önhitten | önhitteken |
| adessive | önhittnél | önhitteknél |
| illative | önhittbe | önhittekbe |
| sublative | önhittre | önhittekre |
| allative | önhitthez | önhittekhez |
| elative | önhittből | önhittekből |
| delative | önhittről | önhittekről |
| ablative | önhittől | önhittektől |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
önhitté | önhitteké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
önhittéi | önhittekéi |
References
- ^ Eőry, Vilma. Értelmező szótár+ (“Explanatory Dictionary Plus”). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2007. →ISBN
Further reading
- önhitt in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.