bármerre
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]bármerre
- wherever, anywhere, no matter where (to any place or direction)
- Synonym: akármerre
- Bármerre mentem, a kutya követett. ― Wherever I went, the dog would follow.
- Sok szerencsét, bármerre jársz! ― Good luck, wherever you go!
- Bármerre fordultam, embereket láttam. ― Whichever way I turned, I saw people.
- Synonym of bárhol, akárhol (“wherever, anywhere, no matter where”, at any place).
See also
[edit]1 Semhogy and semmint are conjunctions meaning “(rather) than”, “before” (as in inkább meghal, semhogy… ― he'll rather die than…).
2 Valamint is now only used in the sense of “as well as” in enumerations.
3 Mindeddig/-addig mean “up until this/that point” (= egészen eddig/addig).
Csak following relative pronouns expresses “-ever”, e.g. aki csak (“whoever”); is after “any” pronouns emphasizes “no matter”: akármit is (“no matter what”).
Further reading
[edit]- bármerre , mostly redirecting to akármerre 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
- bármerre in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).