bég

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See also: beg, bèg, beg., and bēg

Hungarian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish بك (beğ, lord), of uncertain origin. Modern Turkish spelling is bey.

Pronunciation

Noun

bég (plural bégek)

  1. beg, bey

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative bég bégek
accusative béget bégeket
dative bégnek bégeknek
instrumental béggel bégekkel
causal-final bégért bégekért
translative béggé bégekké
terminative bégig bégekig
essive-formal bégként bégekként
essive-modal
inessive bégben bégekben
superessive bégen bégeken
adessive bégnél bégeknél
illative bégbe bégekbe
sublative bégre bégekre
allative béghez bégekhez
elative bégből bégekből
delative bégről bégekről
ablative bégtől bégektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
bégé bégeké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
bégéi bégekéi
Possessive forms of bég
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. bégem bégeim
2nd person sing. béged bégeid
3rd person sing. bége bégei
1st person plural bégünk bégeink
2nd person plural bégetek bégeitek
3rd person plural bégük bégeik

Further reading

  • bég 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
  • bég 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).