meder
See also: Meder
Hungarian
Etymology
Of unknown origin.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmɛdɛr]
- Hyphenation: me‧der
- Rhymes: -ɛr
Noun
meder (plural medrek)
- bed, channel, course (a channel that a flowing body of water follows; e.g. the bottom earthen part of a river)
- (figuratively, formal) direction, characteristics
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | meder | medrek |
| accusative | medret | medreket |
| dative | medernek | medreknek |
| instrumental | mederrel | medrekkel |
| causal-final | mederért | medrekért |
| translative | mederré | medrekké |
| terminative | mederig | medrekig |
| essive-formal | mederként | medrekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | mederben | medrekben |
| superessive | medren | medreken |
| adessive | medernél | medreknél |
| illative | mederbe | medrekbe |
| sublative | mederre | medrekre |
| allative | mederhez | medrekhez |
| elative | mederből | medrekből |
| delative | mederről | medrekről |
| ablative | medertől | medrektől |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
mederé | medreké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
mederéi | medrekéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | medrem | medreim |
| 2nd person sing. | medred | medreid |
| 3rd person sing. | medre | medrei |
| 1st person plural | medrünk | medreink |
| 2nd person plural | medretek | medreitek |
| 3rd person plural | medrük | medreik |
Derived terms
References
- ^ meder 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
- meder 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.
- meder in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Μῆδος (Mêdos).
Noun
meder m (definite singular mederen, indefinite plural medere, definite plural mederne)
See also
- medar (Nynorsk)
References
- “meder” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmeː.der/
Noun
mēder
- genitive/dative singular of mōdor
Swedish
Etymology
Derived from Latin Mēdus, from Ancient Greek Μῆδος (Mêdos). Cognate of German Meder, French mède.
Noun
meder c
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | meder | meders |
| definite | medern | mederns | |
| plural | indefinite | meder | meders |
| definite | mederna | medernas |