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===Etymology=== |
===Etymology=== |
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{{affix|hu|emel|-et|pos=noun}} |
From {{affix|hu|emel|t1=to lift, to raise|-et|pos2=noun-forming suffix, expressing the result of the action|pos=noun}}. |
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===Pronunciation=== |
===Pronunciation=== |
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====Usage notes==== |
====Usage notes==== |
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In keeping with the word's derivation ("something lifted [above the ground level]"), usage is like the British convention as opposed to the American. That is, {{m|hu||első emelet|first floor}} is ''not'' the ground floor but the first one ''above'' ground. The American-usage first floor (UK: ground floor) is {{m|hu|földszint|lit=ground level}}. |
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Latest revision as of 16:52, 27 October 2024
Hungarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From emel (“to lift, to raise”) + -et (noun-forming suffix, expressing the result of the action).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]emelet (plural emeletek)
Usage notes
[edit]In keeping with the word's derivation ("something lifted [above the ground level]"), usage is like the British convention as opposed to the American. That is, első emelet (“first floor”) is not the ground floor but the first one above ground. The American-usage first floor (UK: ground floor) is földszint (literally “ground level”).
Declension
[edit]Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | emelet | emeletek |
accusative | emeletet | emeleteket |
dative | emeletnek | emeleteknek |
instrumental | emelettel | emeletekkel |
causal-final | emeletért | emeletekért |
translative | emeletté | emeletekké |
terminative | emeletig | emeletekig |
essive-formal | emeletként | emeletekként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | emeletben | emeletekben |
superessive | emeleten | emeleteken |
adessive | emeletnél | emeleteknél |
illative | emeletbe | emeletekbe |
sublative | emeletre | emeletekre |
allative | emelethez | emeletekhez |
elative | emeletből | emeletekből |
delative | emeletről | emeletekről |
ablative | emelettől | emeletektől |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
emeleté | emeleteké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
emeletéi | emeletekéi |
Possessive forms of emelet | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | emeletem | emeleteim |
2nd person sing. | emeleted | emeleteid |
3rd person sing. | emelete | emeletei |
1st person plural | emeletünk | emeleteink |
2nd person plural | emeletetek | emeleteitek |
3rd person plural | emeletük | emeleteik |
Derived terms
[edit]Compound words
Further reading
[edit]- emelet in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- emelet in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).