eleji
Hungarian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
eleje + -i (adjective-forming suffix), dropping the possessive suffix -e.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
eleji (not comparable)
- early ……, ……-initial, at/of/from the beginning of ……
- Antonym: végi
- a 20. század eleji írók ― the early-20th-century writers
- az év eleji válság ― the crisis at the beginning of the year
Usage notes[edit]
It is one of the few cases in Hungarian orthography when the deletion of the possessive suffix does not entail writing the resulting phrase in solid (in one word, as a compound) as a result of elision, as opposed to the regular case when e.g. the deletion of -e in [az] ablak üvege (“[the] pane of [the] window”) results in ablaküveg (“windowpane”).[1] These exceptions involve the adjective-forming suffix -i and they include (belseje →) belseji, (eleje →) eleji, (kora →) kori (or regular korabeli), (vége →) végi, as well as geographical adjectives like (alja →) alji, (foka →) foki, (környéke →) környéki, (köze →) közi, (melléke →) melléki, (mente →) menti, (szöge →) szögi, and (vidéke →) vidéki.[2] Other similar constructions include (napja →) napi (anyák/háromkirályok/halottak napi), (tere →) téri (e.g. Örs vezér, Rózsák, Hősök téri/terei, the latter form being ambiguous, possibly referring to multiple possessions), and (útja →) úti (e.g. Királyok úti). Most of these words may also have a meaning without an implicit possessive sense.
See also the rest of the Usage notes at végi.
Declension[edit]
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | eleji | elejiek |
| accusative | elejit | elejieket |
| dative | elejinek | elejieknek |
| instrumental | elejivel | elejiekkel |
| causal-final | elejiért | elejiekért |
| translative | elejivé | elejiekké |
| terminative | elejiig | elejiekig |
| essive-formal | elejiként | elejiekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | elejiben | elejiekben |
| superessive | elejin | elejieken |
| adessive | elejinél | elejieknél |
| illative | elejibe | elejiekbe |
| sublative | elejire | elejiekre |
| allative | elejihez | elejiekhez |
| elative | elejiből | elejiekből |
| delative | elejiről | elejiekről |
| ablative | elejitől | elejiektől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
elejié | elejieké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
elejiéi | elejiekéi |
References[edit]
- ^ Section 95 and Section 110 in A magyar helyesírás szabályai, 12. kiadás (’The Rules of Hungarian Orthography, 12th edition’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2015. →ISBN
- ^ Section 183 in A magyar helyesírás szabályai, 12. kiadás (’The Rules of Hungarian Orthography, 12th edition’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2015. →ISBN