hiedelem
Hungarian
Etymology
From the hi- stem of hisz (“to believe”) + -edelem (noun-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈhijɛdɛlɛm]
- Hyphenation: hi‧e‧de‧lem
- Rhymes: -ɛm
Noun
hiedelem (plural hiedelmek)
- belief (something believed, especially when disputable or erroneous)
- (archaic, except in certain compounds and phrases) belief (faith or trust in the reality of something, often based upon one's own reasoning)
- Synonyms: meggyőződés, vélemény, vélekedés
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | hiedelem | hiedelmek |
| accusative | hiedelmet | hiedelmeket |
| dative | hiedelemnek | hiedelmeknek |
| instrumental | hiedelemmel | hiedelmekkel |
| causal-final | hiedelemért | hiedelmekért |
| translative | hiedelemmé | hiedelmekké |
| terminative | hiedelemig | hiedelmekig |
| essive-formal | hiedelemként | hiedelmekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | hiedelemben | hiedelmekben |
| superessive | hiedelmen | hiedelmeken |
| adessive | hiedelemnél | hiedelmeknél |
| illative | hiedelembe | hiedelmekbe |
| sublative | hiedelemre | hiedelmekre |
| allative | hiedelemhez | hiedelmekhez |
| elative | hiedelemből | hiedelmekből |
| delative | hiedelemről | hiedelmekről |
| ablative | hiedelemtől | hiedelmektől |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
hiedelemé | hiedelmeké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
hiedeleméi | hiedelmekéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | hiedelmem | hiedelmeim |
| 2nd person sing. | hiedelmed | hiedelmeid |
| 3rd person sing. | hiedelme | hiedelmei |
| 1st person plural | hiedelmünk | hiedelmeink |
| 2nd person plural | hiedelmetek | hiedelmeitek |
| 3rd person plural | hiedelmük | hiedelmeik |
Derived terms
- balhiedelem
- közhiedelem
Related terms
See also
- babona (“superstition”)
Further reading
- hiedelem 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.