elei

Hungarian

Etymology

Lexicalization of the ele- stem of elő +‎ -i (multiple-possession possessive suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɛlɛji]
  • Hyphenation: elei
  • Homophone: eleji
  • Rhymes: -ji

Noun

elei

  1. (with a multiple-possession possessive suffix, literary, archaic) his/her ancestors
    Synonyms: ősei, elődei

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative eleik
accusative eleiket
dative eleiknek
instrumental eleikkel
causal-final eleikért
translative eleikké
terminative eleikig
essive-formal eleikként
essive-modal
inessive eleikben
superessive eleiken
adessive eleiknél
illative eleikbe
sublative eleikre
allative eleikhez
elative eleikből
delative eleikről
ablative eleiktől
non-attributive
possessive – singular
eleiké
non-attributive
possessive – plural
eleikéi
Possessive forms of elei
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. eleim
2nd person sing. eleid
3rd person sing. elei
1st person plural eleink
2nd person plural eleitek
3rd person plural eleik

References

  1. ^ Sense 5 of elei 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

  • elei 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.

Middle Welsh

Alternative forms

  • elhei

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈelei̯/

Verb

elei

  1. third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of mynet