felé
Appearance
Hungarian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- fele (folksy)
Etymology
[edit]Lexicalization of the noun fél (“side, part; half”) + -é (locative suffix).[1][2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Postposition
[edit]felé
- to, towards, in the direction of
- nearby, around
- near, towards (a short but undetermined time before an event or time in question)
- into, -way (dividing/cutting something into a defined number of portions)
- Négyfelé tépte a levelet. ― He tore the letter into four pieces.
- Kétfelé vágtam a kenyeret. ― I cut the bread in two.
- (dialectal, rare) to above (variant of fölé)
Derived terms
[edit]Compound words with spatial meanings: “in … direction, toward[s]”
Compound words with temporal meanings: “around”
Compound words with numerals and numeral pronouns (selection): “in [number of] direction[s], into … part[s]”
Related terms
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]felé
- towards someone or something
- Felém fordult. ― He turned towards me.
- (plural only) here, over here (in the area, city, country where the person comes from or lives)
- Hallottam, hogy nagy vihar volt felétek. ― I've heard you had a big storm. (where you live)
- Mifelénk most nagyon hideg van. ― Over here is very cold right now.
Declension
[edit]Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Eőry, Vilma. Értelmező szótár+ (“Explanatory Dictionary Plus”). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2007. →ISBN
- ^ felé 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.), at felől
Further reading
[edit]- (towards): felé 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
- (dialectal; alternative form of fölé): felé 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
Mende
[edit]Numeral
[edit]felé
Spanish
[edit]Verb
[edit]felé
Categories:
- Hungarian lexicalizations
- Hungarian postpositions suffixed with -é
- Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hungarian terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Hungarian/leː
- Rhymes:Hungarian/leː/2 syllables
- Hungarian lemmas
- Hungarian postpositions
- Hungarian terms with usage examples
- Hungarian dialectal terms
- Hungarian terms with rare senses
- Hungarian pronouns
- Hungarian personal pronouns
- Hungarian pluralia tantum
- Mende lemmas
- Mende numerals
- Spanish non-lemma forms
- Spanish verb forms