elegy

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Etymology

From Middle French elegie, from Latin elegīa, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐλεγείᾱ (elegeíā), ellipsis of ἐλεγείᾱ ᾠδή (elegeíā ōidḗ, an elegiac song).

Pronunciation

Noun

elegy (plural elegies)

  1. A mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a poem of lamentation.
  2. (music) A composition of mournful character.
  3. A classical poem written in elegiac meter

Usage notes

Because the words elegy and eulogy sound and look similar and both concern speeches or poems associated with someone's death and funeral, they are easily confused. A simple key to remembering the difference is that an elegy is chiefly about lamenting whereas a eulogy is chiefly about praising (and eu- = "good").

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Coordinate terms

  • requiem – a piece of music played at a mass for the dead

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Hungarian

Etymology

First attested in 1508. Back-formation from elegyít, elegyedik, or obsolete elegyül.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

elegy (plural elegyek)

  1. (chemistry and figuratively) mixture
    Synonym: keverék

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative elegy elegyek
accusative elegyet elegyeket
dative elegynek elegyeknek
instrumental eleggyel elegyekkel
causal-final elegyért elegyekért
translative eleggyé elegyekké
terminative elegyig elegyekig
essive-formal elegyként elegyekként
essive-modal
inessive elegyben elegyekben
superessive elegyen elegyeken
adessive elegynél elegyeknél
illative elegybe elegyekbe
sublative elegyre elegyekre
allative elegyhez elegyekhez
elative elegyből elegyekből
delative elegyről elegyekről
ablative elegytől elegyektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
elegyé elegyeké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
elegyéi elegyekéi
Possessive forms of elegy
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. elegyem elegyeim
2nd person sing. elegyed elegyeid
3rd person sing. elegye elegyei
1st person plural elegyünk elegyeink
2nd person plural elegyetek elegyeitek
3rd person plural elegyük elegyeik

Derived terms

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References

  1. ^ elegy in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.

Further reading

  • elegy 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
  • elegy 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).