From Middle English elne, ellen, from Old English ellen (“zeal, strength, power, vigor, valor, courage, fortitude, strife, contention”), from Proto-West Germanic *alljan, from Proto-Germanic *aljaną (“zeal, power, courage”). Cognate with Middle High German ellen (“strength, manhood”), Middle Low German ellen (“strength, power, courage, vigor, bravery”), Icelandic elja (“endurance, energy”).
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Univerbation of ellä (“if”) (dialectal) + en
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Lexicalization of el-, ele- (stem variants of elő-) + -n (locative suffix). Since the language reform, it is also used as a verbal prefix (see ellen-). As the first part of compound words it is mostly patterned after Latin contra (“against”) and German gegen (“against”).
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This term may also be part of the split form of a verb prefixed with ellen-, occurring when the main verb does not follow the prefix directly. It can be interpreted only with the related verb form, irrespective of its position in the sentence, e.g. meg tudták volna nézni (“they could have seen it”, from megnéz). For verbs with this prefix, see ellen-; for an overview, Appendix:Hungarian verbal prefixes.
Back-formation from ellenség.
ellen (plural ellenek)
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | ellen | ellenek |
accusative | ellent | elleneket |
dative | ellennek | elleneknek |
instrumental | ellennel | ellenekkel |
causal-final | ellenért | ellenekért |
translative | ellenné | ellenekké |
terminative | ellenig | ellenekig |
essive-formal | ellenként | ellenekként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | ellenben | ellenekben |
superessive | ellenen | elleneken |
adessive | ellennél | elleneknél |
illative | ellenbe | ellenekbe |
sublative | ellenre | ellenekre |
allative | ellenhez | ellenekhez |
elative | ellenből | ellenekből |
delative | ellenről | ellenekről |
ablative | ellentől | ellenektől |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
ellené | elleneké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
ellenéi | ellenekéi |
Possessive forms of ellen | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | ellenem | elleneim |
2nd person sing. | ellened | elleneid |
3rd person sing. | ellene | ellenei |
1st person plural | ellenünk | elleneink |
2nd person plural | ellenetek | elleneitek |
3rd person plural | ellenük | elleneik |
From Old High German elilenti. Compare German elend.
ellen (masculine ellenen, neuter ellent, comparative méi ellen, superlative am ellensten)
number and gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | hien ass ellen | si ass ellen | et ass ellen | si si(nn) ellen | |
nominative / accusative |
attributive and/or after determiner | ellenen | ellen | ellent | ellen |
independent without determiner | ellenes | ellener | |||
dative | after any declined word | ellenen | ellener | ellenen | ellenen |
as first declined word | ellenem | ellenem |
From Old English eln.
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From Old English ellen.
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From Proto-West Germanic *alljan. Cognate with Old Saxon ellan, Old High German ellan, Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (aljan), Old Norse eljan (Icelandic elja).
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when neuter (as always in poetry):
when masculine:
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ellen n (nominative plural ellen)