-delem
See also: delem
Hungarian
Etymology
Formed in the Old Hungarian era either from -d (“frequentative suffix”) + -elem (“noun-forming suffix”), or from -del (“frequentative suffix”) + -em (“noun-forming suffix”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [dɛlɛm]
- Hyphenation: de‧lem
Suffix
-delem
- (noun-forming suffix) Added to a verb or a noun to form an abstract noun.
Usage notes
- (noun-forming suffix) Harmonic variants:
- -dalom is added to back vowel words
- -delem is added to front vowel words
- -adalom same as -dalom with a linking vowel
- -odalom same as -dalom with a linking vowel
- -edelem same as -delem with a linking vowel
Declension
In some of the declined forms -delem will change to -delm.
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | -delem | -delmek |
| accusative | -delmet | -delmeket |
| dative | -delemnek | -delmeknek |
| instrumental | -delemmel | -delmekkel |
| causal-final | -delemért | -delmekért |
| translative | -delemmé | -delmekké |
| terminative | -delemig | -delmekig |
| essive-formal | -delemként | -delmekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | -delemben | -delmekben |
| superessive | -delmen | -delmeken |
| adessive | -delemnél | -delmeknél |
| illative | -delembe | -delmekbe |
| sublative | -delemre | -delmekre |
| allative | -delemhez | -delmekhez |
| elative | -delemből | -delmekből |
| delative | -delemről | -delmekről |
| ablative | -delemtől | -delmektől |
| Possessive forms of -delem | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | -delmem | -delmeim |
| 2nd person sing. | -delmed | -delmeid |
| 3rd person sing. | -delme | -delmei |
| 1st person plural | -delmünk | -delmeink |
| 2nd person plural | -delmetek | -delmeitek |
| 3rd person plural | -delmük | -delmeik |
Derived terms
Category Hungarian nouns suffixed with -delem not found
See also
- Appendix:Hungarian suffixes
References
- Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN