-félben

See also: félben

Hungarian

Etymology

From fél (“half”) +‎ -ben (“in”, inessive case suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [feːlbɛn]
• Hyphenation: fél‧ben
• Rhymes: -ɛn

Suffix

-félben

1. (adverb-forming suffix) about to, in the process of, in the middle of (engaged in, but not finished with; added to present-participles to create an adverb)

   ‎váló (“divorcing”) + ‎-félben → ‎válófélben (“in the process of divorcing”)

   A barátomék válófélben vannak. ― My friends are going through a divorce. (They are in the process of divorcing.)

Derived terms

Hungarian adverbs suffixed with -félben

See also

• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

Further reading

• -félben 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