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Hungarian
Etymology
From Proto-Finno-Ugric *mećä (“edge, side of something”). Cognates include Estonian mets (“forest”) and Sami miehćse (“far”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
messze (comparative messzebb, superlative legmesszebb)
- far (at a distance from something; used with -tól/-től)
- Antonym: közel
- (figuratively) by far
Derived terms
Related terms
Adjective
messze (comparative messzebb, superlative legmesszebb)
- (rare, except in certain phrases) Synonym of messzi (“distant”)
Declension
It is only used attributively, so it cannot have suffixes.
References
Further reading
- messze 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