tér
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Ugric *tärɜ (“(open) space, room”).[1][2]
Noun
tér (plural terek)
- (physics, mathematics) space (physical extent across two or three dimensions; area, volume)
- room (space for something, or to carry out an activity; [also figuratively] sufficient space for or to do something)
- (in compounds) field (open country suitable for a given purpose)
- square (open area in a city, town, or village)
- (physics) field (a physical phenomenon [such as force, potential or fluid velocity] that pervades a region; a mathematical model of such a phenomenon that associates each point and time with a scalar, vector or tensor quantity)
- field (the extent of a given perception)
- aspect, respect, field (a particular aspect, feature, or detail of something)
- Synonyms: vonatkozás, szempont, tekintet, terület, aspektus
Declension
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | tér | terek |
accusative | teret | tereket |
dative | térnek | tereknek |
instrumental | térrel | terekkel |
causal-final | térért | terekért |
translative | térré | terekké |
terminative | térig | terekig |
essive-formal | térként | terekként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | térben | terekben |
superessive | téren | tereken |
adessive | térnél | tereknél |
illative | térbe | terekbe |
sublative | térre | terekre |
allative | térhez | terekhez |
elative | térből | terekből |
delative | térről | terekről |
ablative | tértől | terektől |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
téré | tereké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
téréi | terekéi |
Possessive forms of tér | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | terem | tereim |
2nd person sing. | tered | tereid |
3rd person sing. | tere | terei |
1st person plural | terünk | tereink |
2nd person plural | teretek | tereitek |
3rd person plural | terük | tereik |
Derived terms
Compound words
Etymology 2
Of debated origin.
- From a Turkic language.
- Native development.
Verb
tér
- (intransitive, archaic, except in set phrases) to turn
- Synonyms: fordul, kanyarodik
- jobbra tér ― to turn to the right
- más tárgyra tér ― to change the subject
- magához tér ― to regain consciousness, come to
- a lényegre tér ― to get to the point
Conjugation
conjugation of tér
Click for archaic forms | 1st person sg | 2nd person sg informal |
3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal |
1st person pl | 2nd person pl informal |
3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal | |||
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Indicative mood |
Present | Indef. | térek | térsz | tér | térünk | tértek | térnek | |
Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Past | Indef. | tértem | tértél | tért | tértünk | tértetek | tértek | ||
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Future | Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. térni fog. | ||||||||
Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | térék | térél | tére | térénk | térétek | térének | ||
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. tér vala, tért vala/volt. | ||||||||
Archaic Future |
Indef. | térendek | térendesz | térend | térendünk | térendetek | térendenek | ||
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | térnék | térnél | térne | térnénk | térnétek | térnének | |
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. tért volna | ||||||||
Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | térjek | térj or térjél |
térjen | térjünk | térjetek | térjenek | |
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
(Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. tért légyen | ||||||||
Infinitive | térni | térnem | térned | térnie | térnünk | térnetek | térniük | ||
Other forms |
Verbal noun | Present part. | Past part. | Future part. | Adverbial participle | Causative | |||
térés | térő | tért | ― | térve (térvén) | |||||
potential conjugation of tér
Click for archaic forms | 1st person sg | 2nd person sg informal |
3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal |
1st person pl | 2nd person pl informal |
3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal | |||
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Indicative mood |
Present | Indef. | térhetek | térhetsz | térhet | térhetünk | térhettek | térhetnek | |
Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Past | Indef. | térhettem | térhettél | térhetett | térhettünk | térhettetek | térhettek | ||
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | térheték | térhetél | térhete | térheténk | térhetétek | térhetének | ||
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. térhet vala, térhetett vala/volt. | ||||||||
Archaic Future |
Indef. | térhetendek or térandhatok |
térhetendesz or térandhatsz |
térhetend or térandhat |
térhetendünk or térandhatunk |
térhetendetek or térandhattok |
térhetendenek or térandhatnak | ||
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | térhetnék | térhetnél | térhetne | térhetnénk | térhetnétek | térhetnének | |
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. térhetett volna | ||||||||
Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | térhessek | térhess or térhessél |
térhessen | térhessünk | térhessetek | térhessenek | |
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
(Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. térhetett légyen | ||||||||
Inf. | (térhetni) | (térhetnem) | (térhetned) | (térhetnie) | (térhetnünk) | (térhetnetek) | (térhetniük) | ||
Positive adjective | ― | Neg. adj. | ― | Adv. part. | (térhetve / térhetvén) | ||||
Derived terms
(With verbal prefixes):
(Compound words):
(Expressions):
Etymology 3
Verb
tér
- (dialectal, intransitive) Synonym of fér, to fit somewhere.
Anagrams
References
- ^ Entry #1860 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
- ^ tér 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.)
Further reading
- (space, field, square): tér in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“An Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- (to turn): tér in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“An Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- ([dialectal] to fit somewhere): tér in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“An Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
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