gém
See also: Appendix:Variations of "gem"
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɡeːm]
- Hyphenation: gém
- Rhymes: -eːm
Etymology 1
Of unknown origin.[1]
Noun
gém (plural gémek)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | gém | gémek |
| accusative | gémet | gémeket |
| dative | gémnek | gémeknek |
| instrumental | gémmel | gémekkel |
| causal-final | gémért | gémekért |
| translative | gémmé | gémekké |
| terminative | gémig | gémekig |
| essive-formal | gémként | gémekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | gémben | gémekben |
| superessive | gémen | gémeken |
| adessive | gémnél | gémeknél |
| illative | gémbe | gémekbe |
| sublative | gémre | gémekre |
| allative | gémhez | gémekhez |
| elative | gémből | gémekből |
| delative | gémről | gémekről |
| ablative | gémtől | gémektől |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
gémé | gémeké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
géméi | gémekéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | gémem | gémeim, gémjeim |
| 2nd person sing. | gémed | gémeid, gémjeid |
| 3rd person sing. | géme, gémje | gémei, gémjei |
| 1st person plural | gémünk | gémeink, gémjeink |
| 2nd person plural | gémetek | gémeitek, gémjeitek |
| 3rd person plural | gémük, gémjük | gémeik, gémjeik |
Synonyms
- (heron): kócsag
- (black-crowned night heron, genus Nycticorax): bakcsó, vakvarjú, kvakvarjú, oláhpap, kakcsó, vakkánya
Derived terms
Compound words
Expressions
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English game.[2]
Noun
gém (plural gémek)
- (tennis, dated) game (a segment of a set; it consists of a sequence of points played with the same player serving)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | gém | gémek |
| accusative | gémet | gémeket |
| dative | gémnek | gémeknek |
| instrumental | gémmel | gémekkel |
| causal-final | gémért | gémekért |
| translative | gémmé | gémekké |
| terminative | gémig | gémekig |
| essive-formal | gémként | gémekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | gémben | gémekben |
| superessive | gémen | gémeken |
| adessive | gémnél | gémeknél |
| illative | gémbe | gémekbe |
| sublative | gémre | gémekre |
| allative | gémhez | gémekhez |
| elative | gémből | gémekből |
| delative | gémről | gémekről |
| ablative | gémtől | gémektől |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
gémé | gémeké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
géméi | gémekéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | gémem | gémeim, gémjeim |
| 2nd person sing. | gémed | gémeid, gémjeid |
| 3rd person sing. | géme, gémje | gémei, gémjei |
| 1st person plural | gémünk | gémeink, gémjeink |
| 2nd person plural | gémetek | gémeitek, gémjeitek |
| 3rd person plural | gémük, gémjük | gémeik, gémjeik |
References
- ^ gém 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.)
- ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN
Further reading
- (heron): gém 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.
- (in tennis): gém 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.
- gém 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).