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Hungarian
Etymology
Lexicalization of mell (“chest, breast”) + -é.[1]
Pronunciation
Postposition
mellé
- next to, alongside, to the vicinity of (onto the side of, expressing the end point of motion)
- egymás mellé helyezés/állítás ― juxtaposition (literally, “placing next to each other”)
Usage notes
This term may also be part of the split form of a verb prefixed with mellé-, 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 mellé-; for an overview, Appendix:Hungarian verbal prefixes.
Pronoun
mellé
- Alternative form of melléje (“next to him/her/it”).
Declension
See also
References
Further reading
- (postposition: next to): mellé 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
- (pronoun: alternative form of melléje (“next to him/her/it”)): mellé 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
Spanish
Verb
mellé
- first-person singular preterite indicative of mellar