fém

See also: fem, FEM, fem., and fem-

Hungarian

Etymology

Shortened from fémlik, a variant form of fénylik (“to shine, glitter”). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈfeːm]
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -eːm

Noun

fém (plural fémek)

(chemistry) metal (any of a number of chemical elements in the periodic table that form a metallic bond with other metal atoms; generally shiny, somewhat malleable and hard, often a conductor of heat and electricity)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	fém	fémek
accusative	fémet	fémeket
dative	fémnek	fémeknek
instrumental	fémmel	fémekkel
causal-final	fémért	fémekért
translative	fémmé	fémekké
terminative	fémig	fémekig
essive-formal	fémként	fémekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	fémben	fémekben
superessive	fémen	fémeken
adessive	fémnél	fémeknél
illative	fémbe	fémekbe
sublative	fémre	fémekre
allative	fémhez	fémekhez
elative	fémből	fémekből
delative	fémről	fémekről
ablative	fémtől	fémektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	fémé	fémeké
non-attributive possessive - plural	féméi	fémekéi

Possessive forms of fém
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	fémem	fémeim
2nd person sing.	fémed	fémeid
3rd person sing.	féme	fémei
1st person plural	fémünk	fémeink
2nd person plural	fémetek	fémeitek
3rd person plural	fémük	fémeik

Antonyms

nemfém

Derived terms

fémes

Compound words

References

^ fém 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.)