helyre

See also: helyre-

Hungarian

Etymology

From hely (“place”) +‎ -re (“to”, case suffix). The adjective sense is a lexicalization of the noun form, it denotes that the specified person always exhibits the appropriate behavior in the place where he or she is.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈhɛjrɛ]
Hyphenation: hely‧re
Rhymes: -rɛ

Noun

helyre

sublative singular of hely
A kulcsaimat mindig ugyanarra a helyre teszem. ― I always put my keys in the same place.

Usage notes

This term may also be part of the split form of a verb prefixed with helyre-, occurring when the main verb does not follow the prefix directly. It can be interpreted only with the related verb form, irrespective of its position in the sentence, e.g. meg tudták volna nézni (“they could have seen it”, from megnéz). For verbs with this prefix, see helyre-; for an overview, Appendix:Hungarian verbal prefixes.

Interjection

helyre!

(return) to your place(s)!
Synonym: helyedre

Adjective

helyre (not comparable)

(folksy) pretty, strapping, jolly, bonny (chiefly of a lad or a lass)
Synonyms: csinos, helyes, takaros
(folksy) smart, clever, dexterous
Synonyms: ügyes, talpraesett

Declension

As it is mostly used attributively, it rarely has suffixes.

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	helyre	helyrék
accusative	helyrét	helyréket
dative	helyrének	helyréknek
instrumental	helyrével	helyrékkel
causal-final	helyréért	helyrékért
translative	helyrévé	helyrékké
terminative	helyréig	helyrékig
essive-formal	helyreként	helyrékként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	helyrében	helyrékben
superessive	helyrén	helyréken
adessive	helyrénél	helyréknél
illative	helyrébe	helyrékbe
sublative	helyrére	helyrékre
allative	helyréhez	helyrékhez
elative	helyréből	helyrékből
delative	helyréről	helyrékről
ablative	helyrétől	helyréktől
non-attributive possessive - singular	helyréé	helyréké
non-attributive possessive - plural	helyrééi	helyrékéi

References

^ helyre in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.