nemes
See also: Appendix:Variations of "nemes"
Hungarian
Etymology
From nem (“clan, genus, kin”) + -es (adjective-forming suffix).[1][2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈnɛmɛʃ]
- Hyphenation: ne‧mes
- Rhymes: -ɛʃ
Adjective
nemes (comparative nemesebb, or archaic nemesb, superlative legnemesebb, or archaic legnemesb)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | nemes | nemesek |
| accusative | nemeset | nemeseket |
| dative | nemesnek | nemeseknek |
| instrumental | nemessel | nemesekkel |
| causal-final | nemesért | nemesekért |
| translative | nemessé | nemesekké |
| terminative | nemesig | nemesekig |
| essive-formal | nemesként | nemesekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | nemesben | nemesekben |
| superessive | nemesen | nemeseken |
| adessive | nemesnél | nemeseknél |
| illative | nemesbe | nemesekbe |
| sublative | nemesre | nemesekre |
| allative | nemeshez | nemesekhez |
| elative | nemesből | nemesekből |
| delative | nemesről | nemesekről |
| ablative | nemestől | nemesektől |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
nemesé | nemeseké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
nemeséi | nemesekéi |
Noun
nemes (plural nemesek)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | nemes | nemesek |
| accusative | nemest | nemeseket |
| dative | nemesnek | nemeseknek |
| instrumental | nemessel | nemesekkel |
| causal-final | nemesért | nemesekért |
| translative | nemessé | nemesekké |
| terminative | nemesig | nemesekig |
| essive-formal | nemesként | nemesekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | nemesben | nemesekben |
| superessive | nemesen | nemeseken |
| adessive | nemesnél | nemeseknél |
| illative | nemesbe | nemesekbe |
| sublative | nemesre | nemesekre |
| allative | nemeshez | nemesekhez |
| elative | nemesből | nemesekből |
| delative | nemesről | nemesekről |
| ablative | nemestől | nemesektől |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
nemesé | nemeseké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
nemeséi | nemesekéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | nemesem | nemeseim |
| 2nd person sing. | nemesed | nemeseid |
| 3rd person sing. | nemese | nemesei |
| 1st person plural | nemesünk | nemeseink |
| 2nd person plural | nemesetek | nemeseitek |
| 3rd person plural | nemesük | nemeseik |
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Romanian: nemeș
References
- ^ nemes in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.
- ^ nemes 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
- nemes 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.
Maltese
| Root |
|---|
| n-m-s |
| 6 terms |
Etymology
From Arabic نِمْس (nims), though the Maltese form is slightly irregular and points to an underlying *namas.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnɛ.mɛs/
Noun
nemes m (plural inmsa or nemsijiet, feminine nemsa)
- ferret
- (figuratively) inquisitive person
Old High German
Alternative forms
Verb
nëmēs
- second-person singular present subjunctive of nëman