szén
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Hungarian
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Etymology
From Proto-Finno-Ugric *śine (“charcoal”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
Noun
szén (usually uncountable, plural szenek)
Declension
The accusative is traditionally szenet but szént also occurs, especially in compounds.
| Inflection of szén | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | szén | szenek |
| accusative | szenet szént |
szeneket |
| dative | szénnek | szeneknek |
| instrumental | szénnel | szenekkel |
| causal-final | szénért | szenekért |
| translative | szénné | szenekké |
| terminative | szénig | szenekig |
| essive-formal | szénként | szenekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | szénben | szenekben |
| superessive | szénen | szeneken |
| adessive | szénnél | szeneknél |
| illative | szénbe | szenekbe |
| sublative | szénre | szenekre |
| allative | szénhez | szenekhez |
| elative | szénből | szenekből |
| delative | szénről | szenekről |
| ablative | széntől | szenektől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
széné | szeneké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
szénéi | szenekéi |
| Possessive forms of szén | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | szenem | szeneim |
| 2nd person sing. | szened | szeneid |
| 3rd person sing. | szene | szenei |
| 1st person plural | szenünk | szeneink |
| 2nd person plural | szenetek | szeneitek |
| 3rd person plural | szenük | szeneik |
Derived terms
Compound words
References
- ^ Entry #966 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
- ^ szén 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
- szén 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