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Hungarian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Lexicalization of felett (“above”, postposition) + -e (possessive suffix).
Alternative forms
Pronoun
felette
- above or over him/her/it
- Antonym: alatta
- Csak sötétség volt felette. ― There was only darkness above him/her/it.
Declension
Postposition
felette
- (only with van and áll) above (used with -nak/-nek)
- felette áll a törvénynek ― to be above the law
Adverb
felette (comparative felettébb, superlative legfelettébb) (the superlative form is archaic)
- (literary) very, exceedingly, extremely, rather
- Synonyms: felettébb, nagyon, igen, szerfelett, fölöttébb, módfelett
Derived terms
Etymology 2
feleszik (fel- + eszik) + -te
Verb
felette
- third-person singular indicative past definite of feleszik
References
Further reading
- (above/over him/her/it): felette 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
- (very, exceedingly, rather): felette 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
- (he/she/it ate up): from feleszik 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