méh

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See also: meh, Meh, MEH, MÉH, and -meh

Hungarian

a Carniolan honey bee (Apis mellifera carnica)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (if it has no suffix or if its suffix starts with a consonant, e.g. méhből, especially in the meaning of ’bee’)
  • IPA(key): (in inflected forms when followed by a vowel, e.g. méhek)
  • IPA(key): (another pronunciation variant, regardless of any subsequent sounds, especially in the meaning of ’womb’)[1]
  • Rhymes: -meː, -eːx

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *mekše. Cognates include Finnish mehiläinen.

Alternative forms

Noun

méh (plural méhek)

  1. bee
    Synonym: méhecske (diminutive, hence childish; but it may also be used for the purpose of disambiguation from the other meaning)
Declension

The singular instrumental and translative case may differ depending on the dialect. When the word is pronounced with a silent H, they are méhvel and méhvé, respectively, but for speakers who pronounce the H, the corresponding forms will be méhhel and méhhé.[2]

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative méh méhek
accusative méhet méheket
dative méhnek méheknek
instrumental méhvel méhekkel
causal-final méhért méhekért
translative méhvé méhekké
terminative méhig méhekig
essive-formal méhként méhekként
essive-modal
inessive méhben méhekben
superessive méhen méheken
adessive méhnél méheknél
illative méhbe méhekbe
sublative méhre méhekre
allative méhhez méhekhez
elative méhből méhekből
delative méhről méhekről
ablative méhtől méhektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
méhé méheké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
méhéi méhekéi
Possessive forms of méh
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. méhem méheim
2nd person sing. méhed méheid
3rd person sing. méhe méhei
1st person plural méhünk méheink
2nd person plural méhetek méheitek
3rd person plural méhük méheik
Derived terms
Compound words

Etymology 2

From a Slavic language. Compare Polish miech.

Noun

méh (plural méhek)

  1. womb, uterus
    Synonym: anyaméh
Declension
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative méh méhek
accusative méhet méheket
dative méhnek méheknek
instrumental méhvel méhekkel
causal-final méhért méhekért
translative méhvé méhekké
terminative méhig méhekig
essive-formal méhként méhekként
essive-modal
inessive méhben méhekben
superessive méhen méheken
adessive méhnél méheknél
illative méhbe méhekbe
sublative méhre méhekre
allative méhhez méhekhez
elative méhből méhekből
delative méhről méhekről
ablative méhtől méhektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
méhé méheké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
méhéi méhekéi
Possessive forms of méh
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. méhem méheim
2nd person sing. méhed méheid
3rd person sing. méhe méhei
1st person plural méhünk méheink
2nd person plural méhetek méheitek
3rd person plural méhük méheik
Derived terms
Compound words

See also

References

  1. ^ Balázs Sinkovics, Gyula Zsigri: A H-ra vonatkozó megszorítások történeti változásai in A nyelvtörténeti kutatások újabb eredményei vol. 4, JATE Press, 2005
  2. ^ Section 82e in A magyar helyesírás szabályai, 12. kiadás (’The Rules of Hungarian Orthography, 12th edition’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2015. →ISBN

Further reading

  • (bee): méh 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
  • (womb): méh 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