elleni

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: el‧le‧ni
  • Rhymes: -ni

Etymology 1

ellen +‎ -i (adjective-forming suffix). It is an adjective formed from a postposition, so that it can be used attributively to mark the qualifier of a noun (preceding it), rather than marking the modifier of a verb (or verb derivative), like an adverbial.

Adjective

elleni (not comparable)

  1. anti-, against (preceding a noun)
    rozsda elleni kezelés (= kezelés a rozsda ellen) ― anti-rust treatment
    sugárzás elleni védelem (= védelem a sugárzás ellen) ― protection against radiation
Declension
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative elleni elleniek
accusative ellenit ellenieket
dative elleninek ellenieknek
instrumental ellenivel elleniekkel
causal-final elleniért elleniekért
translative ellenivé elleniekké
terminative elleniig elleniekig
essive-formal elleniként elleniekként
essive-modal — —
inessive elleniben elleniekben
superessive ellenin ellenieken
adessive elleninél ellenieknél
illative ellenibe elleniekbe
sublative ellenire elleniekre
allative ellenihez elleniekhez
elative elleniből elleniekből
delative elleniről elleniekről
ablative ellenitől elleniektől
non-attributive
possessive – singular 		ellenié ellenieké
non-attributive
possessive – plural 		elleniéi elleniekéi

Etymology 2

ellik (“give birth, calve, foal, lamb, whelp”) +‎ -eni (infinitive suffix)

Verb

elleni

  1. infinitive of ellik

Further reading

  • elleni 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
  • elleni 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).

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /elˈlɛ.ni/
  • Rhymes: -ɛni
  • Hyphenation: el‧lè‧ni

Adjective

elleni

  1. masculine plural of elleno
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