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Hungarian
Etymology
ön- + maga
Pronunciation
Pronoun
önmaga
- (reflexive pronoun) himself, herself, itself, oneself
- Synonyms: maga, jómaga, saját maga
- Még önmaga előtt sem ismerte el, hogy tévedett. ― He did not admit, even to himself, that he had made a mistake.
- Péter ismeri önmagát. ― Peter knows himself.
Usage notes
The forms referring to other persons are:
Declension
Further reading
- önmaga 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