fél

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See also: fel, fêl, and fel-

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfeːl]
  • Audio:(file)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Uralic *pele- (to fear). Cognates include Mansi and Finnish pelätä.[1][2]

Verb

fél

  1. (intransitive) to fear, to be afraid of something (-tól/-től)
    Synonyms: tart, retteg, szorong, berezel, majrézik, (the latter three are colloquial or slang) parázik
    Félsz a pókoktól?Are you afraid of spiders?
  2. (transitive, archaic or literary) to fear something (-t/-ot/-at/-et/-öt)
    Nem félem a jövőt!I don't fear the future!
    • 2017, Krisztián Grecsó, Harminc év napsütés, Budapest: Magvető, →ISBN, page 217:
      A fiatal felnőtt józan ember, érti a pénz hatalmát. Féli a lakbért, a rezsit, tudja, hogyha hosszúra nyúlik az éjszaka, gyötrelmes lesz a reggel, és azt is, hogy a munkanap nem egy metafora, hanem a nyelv leggyötrelmesebb valósága.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation

With the archaic definite forms included:

Derived terms

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Etymology 2

From Proto-Uralic *pälä (half; side).[3][2] Cognates include Mansi.

Noun

fél (plural felek)

  1. half; either part of something divided into two
    Az ország nagyobbik felében esni fog az eső.It will rain in the bigger part of the country.
  2. side, party, participant (e.g. at court etc.)
    A másik felet is hallgassuk meg.Let's hear the other party of the events.
Declension
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative fél felek
accusative felet feleket
dative félnek feleknek
instrumental féllel felekkel
causal-final félért felekért
translative féllé felekké
terminative félig felekig
essive-formal félként felekként
essive-modal
inessive félben felekben
superessive félen feleken
adessive félnél feleknél
illative félbe felekbe
sublative félre felekre
allative félhez felekhez
elative félből felekből
delative félről felekről
ablative féltől felektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
félé feleké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
féléi felekéi
Possessive forms of fél
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. felem feleim
2nd person sing. feled feleid
3rd person sing. fele felei
1st person plural felünk feleink
2nd person plural feletek feleitek
3rd person plural felük feleik
Derived terms
Compound words

Numeral

fél

  1. half (1/2)
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Etymology 3

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *pele (column, stang). Cognates include Finnish pieli.[4]

Noun

fél

  1. (rare, only in some compounds) post (like in doorpost)
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Entry #739 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. 2.0 2.1 fél in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)
  3. ^ Entry #722 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  4. ^ Entry #738 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.