élv

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Hungarian

Etymology

From the verb él (“to live”) +‎ -v (noun-forming suffix, extrapolated based on nouns ending in -v, such as kedv, nyelv). Created by Pál Szemere during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries. For similar derivations, compare szerv, terv, érv.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

élv (countable and uncountable, plural élvek)

  1. (literary, archaic) joy, pleasure, enjoyment, indulgence
    Synonyms: élvezet, öröm
  2. (literary, archaic) anything that brings such pleasure
    1. delicacy (food or drink that is a pleasure to consume)
      Synonyms: (literary) ínyencség, csemege, (informal) finomság
  3. (literary, archaic) the pleasurable consumption of food, drink, or other goods

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative élv élvek
accusative élvet élveket
dative élvnek élveknek
instrumental élvvel élvekkel
causal-final élvért élvekért
translative élvvé élvekké
terminative élvig élvekig
essive-formal élvként élvekként
essive-modal élvül —
inessive élvben élvekben
superessive élven élveken
adessive élvnél élveknél
illative élvbe élvekbe
sublative élvre élvekre
allative élvhez élvekhez
elative élvből élvekből
delative élvről élvekről
ablative élvtől élvektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		élvé élveké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		élvéi élvekéi
Possessive forms of élv
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. élvem élveim
2nd person sing. élved élveid
3rd person sing. élve élvei
1st person plural élvünk élveink
2nd person plural élvetek élveitek
3rd person plural élvük élveik

Derived terms

Compound words

References

  1. ^ élv in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN

Further reading

  • élv 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
  • élv 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).
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