zöm
See also: zom and źom
Hungarian
Etymology
[1815] Back-formation from zömök. Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈzøm]
- Hyphenation: zöm
- Rhymes: -øm
Noun
zöm (uncountable)
- (usually with third-person possessive suffix) bulk, mass (large part)
- Synonyms: többség, nagyobb rész
- Az utasok zöme északról jött. ― Most of the passengers were from the North.
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -ö-, front rounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | zöm | — |
| accusative | zömöt | — |
| dative | zömnek | — |
| instrumental | zömmel | — |
| causal-final | zömért | — |
| translative | zömmé | — |
| terminative | zömig | — |
| essive-formal | zömként | — |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | zömben | — |
| superessive | zömön | — |
| adessive | zömnél | — |
| illative | zömbe | — |
| sublative | zömre | — |
| allative | zömhöz | — |
| elative | zömből | — |
| delative | zömről | — |
| ablative | zömtől | — |
| non-attributive possessive - singular | zömé | — |
| non-attributive possessive - plural | zöméi | — |
| Possessive forms of zöm | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | zömöm | — |
| 2nd person sing. | zömöd | — |
| 3rd person sing. | zöme | — |
| 1st person plural | zömünk | — |
| 2nd person plural | zömötök | — |
| 3rd person plural | zömük | — |
References
- zöm in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN
Further reading
- zöm in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN