semmi
Appearance
See also: Semmi
Hungarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From sem + mi, equivalent to se- + mi. First attested after 1372.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]semmi
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |
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nominative | semmi | semmik |
accusative | semmit | semmiket |
dative | semminek | semmiknek |
instrumental | semmivel | semmikkel |
causal-final | semmiért | semmikért |
translative | semmivé | semmikké |
terminative | semmiig | semmikig |
essive-formal | semmiként | semmikként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | semmiben | semmikben |
superessive | semmin | semmiken |
adessive | semminél | semmiknél |
illative | semmibe | semmikbe |
sublative | semmire | semmikre |
allative | semmihez | semmikhez |
elative | semmiből | semmikből |
delative | semmiről | semmikről |
ablative | semmitől | semmiktől |
non-attributive possessive – singular |
semmié | semmiké |
non-attributive possessive – plural |
semmiéi | semmikéi |
possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
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1st person sing. | semmim | semmijeim (or semmiim) |
2nd person sing. | semmid | semmijeid (or semmiid) |
3rd person sing. | semmije | semmijei (or semmii) |
1st person plural | semmink | semmijeink (or semmiink) |
2nd person plural | semmitek | semmijeitek (or semmiitek) |
3rd person plural | semmijük | semmijeik (or semmiik) |
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]1 Semhogy and semmint are conjunctions meaning “(rather) than”, “before” (as in inkább meghal, semhogy… ― he'll rather die than…).
2 Valamint is now only used in the sense of “as well as” in enumerations.
3 Mindeddig/-addig mean “up until this/that point” (= egészen eddig/addig).
Csak following relative pronouns expresses “-ever”, e.g. aki csak (“whoever”); is after “any” pronouns emphasizes “no matter”: akármit is (“no matter what”).
References
[edit]- ^ semmi in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.
Further reading
[edit]- semmi 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.
Maltese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]semmi
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