fém
Hungarian
Etymology
Shortened from fémlik, a variant form of fénylik (“to shine, glitter”). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈfeːm]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -eːm
Noun
fém (plural fémek)
- (chemistry) metal (any of a number of chemical elements in the periodic table that form a metallic bond with other metal atoms; generally shiny, somewhat malleable and hard, often a conductor of heat and electricity)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | fém | fémek |
| accusative | fémet | fémeket |
| dative | fémnek | fémeknek |
| instrumental | fémmel | fémekkel |
| causal-final | fémért | fémekért |
| translative | fémmé | fémekké |
| terminative | fémig | fémekig |
| essive-formal | fémként | fémekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | fémben | fémekben |
| superessive | fémen | fémeken |
| adessive | fémnél | fémeknél |
| illative | fémbe | fémekbe |
| sublative | fémre | fémekre |
| allative | fémhez | fémekhez |
| elative | fémből | fémekből |
| delative | fémről | fémekről |
| ablative | fémtől | fémektől |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
fémé | fémeké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
féméi | fémekéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | fémem | fémeim |
| 2nd person sing. | fémed | fémeid |
| 3rd person sing. | féme | fémei |
| 1st person plural | fémünk | fémeink |
| 2nd person plural | fémetek | fémeitek |
| 3rd person plural | fémük | fémeik |
Antonyms
Derived terms
See also
References
- ^ fém in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading
- fém 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.