elleni
See also: Elleni
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɛlːɛni]
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: el‧le‧ni
- Rhymes: -ni
Etymology 1
ellen + -i (adjective-forming suffix). It is an adjective formed from a postposition, so that it can be used attributively to mark the qualifier of a noun (preceding it), rather than marking the modifier of a verb (or verb derivative), like an adverbial.
Adjective
elleni (not comparable)
- anti-, against (preceding a noun)
- rozsda elleni kezelés (= kezelés a rozsda ellen) ― anti-rust treatment
- sugárzás elleni védelem (= védelem a sugárzás ellen) ― protection against radiation
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | elleni | elleniek |
| accusative | ellenit | ellenieket |
| dative | elleninek | ellenieknek |
| instrumental | ellenivel | elleniekkel |
| causal-final | elleniért | elleniekért |
| translative | ellenivé | elleniekké |
| terminative | elleniig | elleniekig |
| essive-formal | elleniként | elleniekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | elleniben | elleniekben |
| superessive | ellenin | ellenieken |
| adessive | elleninél | ellenieknél |
| illative | ellenibe | elleniekbe |
| sublative | ellenire | elleniekre |
| allative | ellenihez | elleniekhez |
| elative | elleniből | elleniekből |
| delative | elleniről | elleniekről |
| ablative | ellenitől | elleniektől |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
ellenié | ellenieké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
elleniéi | elleniekéi |
Related terms
Etymology 2
ellik (“give birth, calve, foal, lamb, whelp”) + -eni (infinitive suffix)
Verb
elleni
- infinitive of ellik
Further reading
- elleni 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.
- elleni in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /elˈlɛ.ni/
- Rhymes: -ɛni
- Hyphenation: el‧lè‧ni
Adjective
elleni
- masculine plural of elleno