kellete

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Hungarian

Etymology

Either from the obsolete noun kellet +‎ -e (possessive suffix) or from the verb kell (must, need to, have to) +‎ -ete (noun-forming suffix amalgamated with the possessive).

Pronunciation

Noun

kellete

  1. (chiefly construed with -nél) as much as it is necessary, the right amount or degree
    A sofőr elismerte, hogy többet ivott a kelleténél.The driver admitted that he drank more than he should have.

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative kellete
accusative kelletét
dative kelletének
instrumental kelletével
causal-final kelletéért
translative kelletévé
terminative kelletéig
essive-formal kelleteként
essive-modal kelletéül
inessive kelletében
superessive kelletén
adessive kelleténél
illative kelletébe
sublative kelletére
allative kelletéhez
elative kelletéből
delative kelletéről
ablative kelletétől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
kelletéé
non-attributive
possessive - plural
kelletééi

Further reading

  • kellete 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