emse
Hungarian
Etymology
The em- stem is from Proto-Uralic *emä (“mother, woman”). The -s- is a diminutive suffix.[1][2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɛmʃɛ]
- Hyphenation: em‧se
- Rhymes: -ʃɛ
Noun
emse (plural emsék)
- (dialectal) sow (female pig)
- Synonym: koca
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | emse | emsék |
| accusative | emsét | emséket |
| dative | emsének | emséknek |
| instrumental | emsével | emsékkel |
| causal-final | emséért | emsékért |
| translative | emsévé | emsékké |
| terminative | emséig | emsékig |
| essive-formal | emseként | emsékként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | emsében | emsékben |
| superessive | emsén | emséken |
| adessive | emsénél | emséknél |
| illative | emsébe | emsékbe |
| sublative | emsére | emsékre |
| allative | emséhez | emsékhez |
| elative | emséből | emsékből |
| delative | emséről | emsékről |
| ablative | emsétől | emséktől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular | emséé | emséké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural | emsééi | emsékéi |
| Possessive forms of emse | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | emsém | emséim |
| 2nd person sing. | emséd | emséid |
| 3rd person sing. | emséje | emséi |
| 1st person plural | emsénk | emséink |
| 2nd person plural | emsétek | emséitek |
| 3rd person plural | emséjük | emséik |
References
- Entry #134 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary. Internet Archive
- emse in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN
Further reading
- emse in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962.