isten veled

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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Ellipsis of Isten veled van (God is with you) or Isten legyen veled (may God be with you), from isten (God) + veled (with you).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈiʃtɛn ˌvɛlɛd]

Phrase

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isten veled

  1. (literary, dated) farewell

Usage notes

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  • Not much heard in everyday speech. Mostly used to say farewell to someone for a very long time, or forever, especially to someone near and dear to the speaker.
  • Doesn't imply any religious affiliation or belief.
  • The form of the pronoun veled changes depending on the situation, though the formal variants are lesser used, with the formal plural being practically non-existent only in older literature:
isten veled (singular, informal)
isten vele (singular, formal)
isten önnel (singular, very formal)
isten veletek (plural, informal)
isten velük (plural, formal)
isten önökkel (plural, very formal)