félre

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See also: félre-

Hungarian

Etymology

Lexicalization of fél (“side”) +‎ -re (sublative case suffix).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Adverb

félre (not comparable)

  1. (as imperative) out of the way (telling someone to move from one’s path)
    • 1899, Géza Gárdonyi, chapter XVIII, in Dávidkáné‎:
      Félre innen, hadd menjek a feleségemhez.
      Out of the way, let me go to my wife.
  2. (as imperative, with -val/-vel) aside (telling someone to intentionally disregard or cease doing something)
    • 1844, Mihály Táncsics, “Mit mond a józan ész a sajtórúl?”, in Sajtószabadságról nézetei egy rabnak‎:
      De félre a tréfával, a dolog komolyabb hangot kíván.
      But jokes aside, the matter requires a more serious tone.
  3. (theater) aside (instruction to make a brief comment unheard by other characters)
    • 1849, Ede Szigligeti, Liliomfi‎, act III, scene VII:
      Nincs, édes kisasszony. (Félre) Csakugyan eszelős. Szegény leány!
      No, my dear miss. (Aside) She really is mad. Poor girl!

Usage notes

This term may also be part of the split form of a verb prefixed with félre-, 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 félre-; for an overview, Appendix:Hungarian verbal prefixes.

References

  1. ^ félre 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.
  2. ^ félre in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

  • félre 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
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