neje

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See also: něje

Danish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse hneigja.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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neje (imperative nej, infinitive at neje, present tense nejer, past tense nejede, perfect tense har nejet)

  1. curtsey (to make a curtsey)

Further reading

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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Lexicalization of an earlier nej-, neɣ- stem of (woman; [archaic] wife) +‎ -e (possessive suffix).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈnɛjɛ]
  • Hyphenation: ne‧je

Noun

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neje

  1. third-person singular single-possession possessive of , one’s wife (already incorporating the possessive suffix)
    Synonym: feleség

Usage notes

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  • For the possessive of in the sense “woman; female partner or lover, mistress”, see nője.
  • If the incorporated possessive suffix is not required, feleség may be used instead. The term in the sense “wife” is archaic, while the form nej may be disputed. (For a similar case, see vej.)

Declension

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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative neje
accusative nejét
dative nejének
instrumental nejével
causal-final nejéért
translative nejévé
terminative nejéig
essive-formal nejeként
essive-modal nejéül
inessive nejében
superessive nején
adessive nejénél
illative nejébe
sublative nejére
allative nejéhez
elative nejéből
delative nejéről
ablative nejétől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
nejéé
non-attributive
possessive - plural
nejééi

For the plural form (“someone’s wives”), see nejei.

Further reading

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  • neje 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
  • The second sense of (2): 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