hiedelem

Hungarian

Etymology

From the hi- stem of hisz (“to believe”) +‎ -edelem (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhijɛdɛlɛm]
• Hyphenation: hi‧e‧de‧lem
• Rhymes: -ɛm

Noun

hiedelem (plural hiedelmek)

1. belief (something believed, especially when disputable or erroneous)
2. (archaic, except in certain compounds and phrases) belief (faith or trust in the reality of something, often based upon one's own reasoning)

   Synonyms: meggyőződés, vélemény, vélekedés

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	hiedelem	hiedelmek
accusative	hiedelmet	hiedelmeket
dative	hiedelemnek	hiedelmeknek
instrumental	hiedelemmel	hiedelmekkel
causal-final	hiedelemért	hiedelmekért
translative	hiedelemmé	hiedelmekké
terminative	hiedelemig	hiedelmekig
essive-formal	hiedelemként	hiedelmekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	hiedelemben	hiedelmekben
superessive	hiedelmen	hiedelmeken
adessive	hiedelemnél	hiedelmeknél
illative	hiedelembe	hiedelmekbe
sublative	hiedelemre	hiedelmekre
allative	hiedelemhez	hiedelmekhez
elative	hiedelemből	hiedelmekből
delative	hiedelemről	hiedelmekről
ablative	hiedelemtől	hiedelmektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	hiedelemé	hiedelmeké
non-attributive possessive - plural	hiedeleméi	hiedelmekéi

Possessive forms of hiedelem
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	hiedelmem	hiedelmeim
2nd person sing.	hiedelmed	hiedelmeid
3rd person sing.	hiedelme	hiedelmei
1st person plural	hiedelmünk	hiedelmeink
2nd person plural	hiedelmetek	hiedelmeitek
3rd person plural	hiedelmük	hiedelmeik

Derived terms

• balhiedelem
• közhiedelem

 

Related terms

• hit (“faith”)
• tévhit (“delusion, false belief”)

See also

• babona (“superstition”)

Further reading

• hiedelem in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN