réteg

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Hungarian

Etymology

First attested in 1792. From rét (“layer, ply, stratum”) +‎ -eg (noun-forming suffix).

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Etymon rét already means "layer; ply". Is there any information on why this was suffixed with -eg? How does this suffix change the nuance?”

Pronunciation

Noun

réteg (plural rétegek)

  1. layer (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
  2. ply (a layer of material)
  3. (figuratively) stratum (a class of society composed of people with similar social, cultural, or economic status)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative réteg rétegek
accusative réteget rétegeket
dative rétegnek rétegeknek
instrumental réteggel rétegekkel
causal-final rétegért rétegekért
translative réteggé rétegekké
terminative rétegig rétegekig
essive-formal rétegként rétegekként
essive-modal — —
inessive rétegben rétegekben
superessive rétegen rétegeken
adessive rétegnél rétegeknél
illative rétegbe rétegekbe
sublative rétegre rétegekre
allative réteghez rétegekhez
elative rétegből rétegekből
delative rétegről rétegekről
ablative rétegtől rétegektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		rétegé rétegeké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		rétegéi rétegekéi
Possessive forms of réteg
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. rétegem rétegeim
2nd person sing. réteged rétegeid
3rd person sing. rétege rétegei
1st person plural rétegünk rétegeink
2nd person plural rétegetek rétegeitek
3rd person plural rétegük rétegeik

Derived terms

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References

  1. ^ réteg in Gerstner, Károly (ed.). Új magyar etimológiai szótár. (’New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian’). Beta version. Budapest, MTA Nyelvtudományi Intézet / Magyar Nyelvtudományi Kutatóközpont, 2011–2022. (Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary). Language abbreviations

Further reading

  • réteg 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
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