rém

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Hungarian

Etymology

Back-formation from rémül (“to be struck with panic”).

Pronunciation

Noun

rém (plural rémek)

  1. spook, ghast (a scary, repulsive, hostile specter or phantom)
  2. (figuratively) specter (a threatening mental image)
    a háború réme ― the specter of war
  3. menace, terror (a bothersome person who frightens others)
    A kisfiú az óvoda réme. ― The little boy is the terror of the nursery school.

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative rém rémek
accusative rémet rémeket
dative rémnek rémeknek
instrumental rémmel rémekkel
causal-final rémért rémekért
translative rémmé rémekké
terminative rémig rémekig
essive-formal rémként rémekként
essive-modal — —
inessive rémben rémekben
superessive rémen rémeken
adessive rémnél rémeknél
illative rémbe rémekbe
sublative rémre rémekre
allative rémhez rémekhez
elative rémből rémekből
delative rémről rémekről
ablative rémtől rémektől
non-attributive
possessive – singular 		rémé rémeké
non-attributive
possessive – plural 		réméi rémekéi
Possessive forms of rém
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. rémem rémeim
2nd person sing. rémed rémeid
3rd person sing. réme rémei
1st person plural rémünk rémeink
2nd person plural rémetek rémeitek
3rd person plural rémük rémeik

Derived terms

Compound words
Expressions

Adverb

rém (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial) very, really, awfully, extremely, terribly
    rém okos ― very smart
    Rém boldog vagyok, hogy visszajöttél. ― I'm terribly glad you're back.

References

  1. ^ rém 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.)

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