élés

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Hungarian

Etymology

él (to live; to make use of) +‎ -és (noun-forming suffix)

Pronunciation

Noun

élés (uncountable)

  1. (rare, chiefly in phrases, singular only) verbal noun of él:
    1. living, subsistence (somewhere or in some way)
      Synonyms: élet, tartózkodás, megélhetés, létfenntartás
    2. using (making use of, utilization of) something, availing oneself of something
      Synonyms: fogyasztás, használat, igénybevétel
  2. (folksy, archaic, singular only, today only in compounds) food
    See synonyms at Thesaurus:étel.

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative élés
accusative élést
dative élésnek
instrumental éléssel
causal-final élésért
translative éléssé
terminative élésig
essive-formal élésként
essive-modal élésül
inessive élésben
superessive élésen
adessive élésnél
illative élésbe
sublative élésre
allative éléshez
elative élésből
delative élésről
ablative éléstől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
élésé
non-attributive
possessive - plural
éléséi
Possessive forms of élés
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. élésem
2nd person sing. élésed
3rd person sing. élése
1st person plural élésünk
2nd person plural élésetek
3rd person plural élésük

Derived terms

Compound words
Expressions
From prefixed forms of or phrases formed with the verb él (to live):

Further reading

  • élés 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
  • élés 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 2024).