fiatalember
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Hungarian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
fiatalember (plural fiatalemberek)
- (formal) youth, young man
- Coordinate term: kisasszony
- A fiatalember pontosan tízkor elhagyta a házat. ― The young man left the house at ten sharp.
- Mit gondol, fiatalember? ― What do you think, young man?
Usage notes
- To express that someone is still young (not an old man), it must be spelled in two words: fiatal ember.
- It is a polite way for older adults to address any male between around 15–30 years of age as fiatalember. It can also be used in official situations instead of uram (“sir”).
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | fiatalember | fiatalemberek |
| accusative | fiatalembert | fiatalembereket |
| dative | fiatalembernek | fiatalembereknek |
| instrumental | fiatalemberrel | fiatalemberekkel |
| causal-final | fiatalemberért | fiatalemberekért |
| translative | fiatalemberré | fiatalemberekké |
| terminative | fiatalemberig | fiatalemberekig |
| essive-formal | fiatalemberként | fiatalemberekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | fiatalemberben | fiatalemberekben |
| superessive | fiatalemberen | fiatalembereken |
| adessive | fiatalembernél | fiatalembereknél |
| illative | fiatalemberbe | fiatalemberekbe |
| sublative | fiatalemberre | fiatalemberekre |
| allative | fiatalemberhez | fiatalemberekhez |
| elative | fiatalemberből | fiatalemberekből |
| delative | fiatalemberről | fiatalemberekről |
| ablative | fiatalembertől | fiatalemberektől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
fiatalemberé | fiatalembereké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
fiatalemberéi | fiatalemberekéi |
| Possessive forms of fiatalember | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | fiatalemberem | fiatalembereim |
| 2nd person sing. | fiatalembered | fiatalembereid |
| 3rd person sing. | fiatalembere | fiatalemberei |
| 1st person plural | fiatalemberünk | fiatalembereink |
| 2nd person plural | fiatalemberetek | fiatalembereitek |
| 3rd person plural | fiatalemberük | fiatalembereik |
References
- Eőry, Vilma. Értelmező szótár+ (“Explanatory Dictionary Plus”). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2007. →ISBN
Further reading
- fiatalember 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