kéj

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Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric, originally a word referring to the flirtation/mating calls of birds and/or the incantation/calling out of a shaman. Compare Proto-Finnic *kiima (rut) and Proto-Samic *kikëtēk (to lek).

Pronunciation

Noun

kéj (plural kéjek)

  1. sexual enjoyment
    Synonyms: gyönyör, élvezet
  2. (exaggerated or poetic) pleasure, joy, delight
    Synonyms: öröm, élvezet, gyönyör

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative kéj kéjek
accusative kéjt kéjeket
dative kéjnek kéjeknek
instrumental kéjjel kéjekkel
causal-final kéjért kéjekért
translative kéjjé kéjekké
terminative kéjig kéjekig
essive-formal kéjként kéjekként
essive-modal
inessive kéjben kéjekben
superessive kéjen kéjeken
adessive kéjnél kéjeknél
illative kéjbe kéjekbe
sublative kéjre kéjekre
allative kéjhez kéjekhez
elative kéjből kéjekből
delative kéjről kéjekről
ablative kéjtől kéjektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
kéjé kéjeké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
kéjéi kéjekéi
Possessive forms of kéj
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. kéjem kéjeim
2nd person sing. kéjed kéjeid
3rd person sing. kéje kéjei
1st person plural kéjünk kéjeink
2nd person plural kéjetek kéjeitek
3rd person plural kéjük kéjeik

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Further reading

  • kéj 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