mécses

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Hungarian

Etymology

Shortened from the phrase mécses lámpa (lamp with a wick), from mécs +‎ -es.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

mécses (plural mécsesek)

  1. lampion (a small oil lamp)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative mécses mécsesek
accusative mécsest mécseseket
dative mécsesnek mécseseknek
instrumental mécsessel mécsesekkel
causal-final mécsesért mécsesekért
translative mécsessé mécsesekké
terminative mécsesig mécsesekig
essive-formal mécsesként mécsesekként
essive-modal mécsesül
inessive mécsesben mécsesekben
superessive mécsesen mécseseken
adessive mécsesnél mécseseknél
illative mécsesbe mécsesekbe
sublative mécsesre mécsesekre
allative mécseshez mécsesekhez
elative mécsesből mécsesekből
delative mécsesről mécsesekről
ablative mécsestől mécsesektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
mécsesé mécseseké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
mécseséi mécsesekéi
Possessive forms of mécses
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. mécsesem mécseseim
2nd person sing. mécsesed mécseseid
3rd person sing. mécsese mécsesei
1st person plural mécsesünk mécseseink
2nd person plural mécsesetek mécseseitek
3rd person plural mécsesük mécseseik

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ mécses 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

  • mécses 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