mén
See also: Appendix:Variations of "men"
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmeːn]
- Hyphenation: mén
- Rhymes: -eːn
Etymology 1
Of unknown origin.[1]
Noun
mén (plural mének)
- stallion (male horse)
- Synonyms: csődör; see also Thesaurus:ló
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mén | mének |
| accusative | mént | méneket |
| dative | ménnek | méneknek |
| instrumental | ménnel | ménekkel |
| causal-final | ménért | ménekért |
| translative | ménné | ménekké |
| terminative | ménig | ménekig |
| essive-formal | ménként | ménekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | ménben | ménekben |
| superessive | ménen | méneken |
| adessive | ménnél | méneknél |
| illative | ménbe | ménekbe |
| sublative | ménre | ménekre |
| allative | ménhez | ménekhez |
| elative | ménből | ménekből |
| delative | ménről | ménekről |
| ablative | méntől | ménektől |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
méné | méneké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
ménéi | ménekéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | ménem | ménjeim |
| 2nd person sing. | méned | ménjeid |
| 3rd person sing. | ménje | ménjei |
| 1st person plural | ménünk | ménjeink |
| 2nd person plural | ménetek | ménjeitek |
| 3rd person plural | ménjük | ménjeik |
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From a modified stem of megy + -en, compare megyen.
Verb
mén
- (dialectal) archaic form of megy, third-person singular indicative present of megy
- Synonyms: megy, megyen
- 1863, János Arany, A Midsummer Night's Dream (translation of Shakespeare)
- Mind többre-többre mén az álkodás.
- You do advance your cunning more and more.
- Literally, “the cunning goes [advances] further and further”.
- You do advance your cunning more and more.
- Mind többre-többre mén az álkodás.
References
- ^ mén 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
- (stallion): mén 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.
- (verb form): mén , redirecting to megy 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.
Kaingang
Noun
mén
- husband (married man)
Mandarin
Alternative forms
- men — nonstandard
Pronunciation
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Romanization
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- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 樠 / 𣗊
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 汫
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 璊 / 𫞩
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瞒
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瞓 / 𰥛
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 穈
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 菛
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 虋
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鍆 / 钔
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 閅 / 𮤫
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Adjective
mén • (免)