szemben

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Hungarian

Etymology

Adverb and postposition senses: Lexicalization of szem (“eye, field of vision”) +‎ -ben (“in”, inessive case suffix).[1]

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  • Hyphenation: szem‧ben
  • Rhymes: -ɛn

Noun

szemben

  1. inessive singular of szem
    a szemben ― in the eye

Adverb

szemben (not comparable)

  1. across, opposite
    Szemben ül. ― S/he is sitting across.
    Szemben lakik. ― S/he lives opposite .

Postposition

szemben

  1. opposite (with -val/-vel)
    Synonyms: szemközt, átellenben
    A múzeummal szemben van egy étterem. ― There is a restaurant opposite the museum.
  2. versus, as opposed to, as compared to (with -val/-vel)
    Synonym: képest
    „A” jelölt támogatottsága 60%-os, szemben a másik jelölt 30%-ával. ― The support for candidate “A” is 60%, as opposed to the 30% of the other.

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References

  1. ^ szemben 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

  • szemben 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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