farkasember

Hungarian

Etymology

farkas +‎ ember

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɒrkɒʃɛmbɛr]
• Hyphenation: far‧kas‧em‧ber

Noun

farkasember (plural farkasemberek)

1. werewolf

   Synonym: vérfarkas

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	farkasember	farkasemberek
accusative	farkasembert	farkasembereket
dative	farkasembernek	farkasembereknek
instrumental	farkasemberrel	farkasemberekkel
causal-final	farkasemberért	farkasemberekért
translative	farkasemberré	farkasemberekké
terminative	farkasemberig	farkasemberekig
essive-formal	farkasemberként	farkasemberekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	farkasemberben	farkasemberekben
superessive	farkasemberen	farkasembereken
adessive	farkasembernél	farkasembereknél
illative	farkasemberbe	farkasemberekbe
sublative	farkasemberre	farkasemberekre
allative	farkasemberhez	farkasemberekhez
elative	farkasemberből	farkasemberekből
delative	farkasemberről	farkasemberekről
ablative	farkasembertől	farkasemberektől
non-attributive possessive – singular	farkasemberé	farkasembereké
non-attributive possessive – plural	farkasemberéi	farkasemberekéi

Possessive forms of farkasember

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	farkasemberem	farkasembereim
2nd person sing.	farkasembered	farkasembereid
3rd person sing.	farkasembere	farkasemberei
1st person plural	farkasemberünk	farkasembereink
2nd person plural	farkasemberetek	farkasembereitek
3rd person plural	farkasemberük	farkasembereik

Further reading

• farkasember in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• farkasember in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2026).