felette
Appearance
Hungarian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Lexicalization of felett (“above”, postposition) + -e (possessive suffix).[1]
Alternative forms
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]felette
- above or over him/her/it
- Antonym: alatta
- Csak sötétség volt felette. ― There was only darkness above him/her/it.
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | felettem / énfelettem | felettünk / mifelettünk |
| 2nd | feletted / tefeletted | felettetek / tifelettetek |
| 3rd | felette / őfelette | felettük / őfelettük |
Postposition
[edit]felette
Adverb
[edit]felette (comparative felettébb, superlative legfelettébb) (the superlative form is archaic)
Derived terms
[edit]- felettébb (lexicalized on its own)
Etymology 2
[edit]feleszik (fel- + eszik) + -te
Verb
[edit]felette
See also
[edit]1 This group of adverbs is often understood for humans when in an emphatic position.
In an unstressed position, they may also imply objects, always depending on context.
2 Adverbs ending in -á/-é may coincide with postpositions. [edit this template]
References
[edit]- ^ Eőry, Vilma. Értelmező szótár+ (“Explanatory Dictionary Plus”). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2007. →ISBN
Further reading
[edit]- (above/over him/her/it): felette 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.
- (very, exceedingly, rather): felette 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.
- (he/she/it ate [it] up): from feleszik 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.
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