kisember
Hungarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]kis (“small, insignificant”) + ember (“man, person”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kisember (plural kisemberek)
- (idiomatic) man on the street, man in the street (an insignificant person with a modest income)
Usage notes
[edit]Not to be confused with kis ember (“short person”).
Declension
[edit]| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | kisember | kisemberek |
| accusative | kisembert | kisembereket |
| dative | kisembernek | kisembereknek |
| instrumental | kisemberrel | kisemberekkel |
| causal-final | kisemberért | kisemberekért |
| translative | kisemberré | kisemberekké |
| terminative | kisemberig | kisemberekig |
| essive-formal | kisemberként | kisemberekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | kisemberben | kisemberekben |
| superessive | kisemberen | kisembereken |
| adessive | kisembernél | kisembereknél |
| illative | kisemberbe | kisemberekbe |
| sublative | kisemberre | kisemberekre |
| allative | kisemberhez | kisemberekhez |
| elative | kisemberből | kisemberekből |
| delative | kisemberről | kisemberekről |
| ablative | kisembertől | kisemberektől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
kisemberé | kisembereké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
kisemberéi | kisemberekéi |
| Possessive forms of kisember | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | kisemberem | kisembereim |
| 2nd person sing. | kisembered | kisembereid |
| 3rd person sing. | kisembere | kisemberei |
| 1st person plural | kisemberünk | kisembereink |
| 2nd person plural | kisemberetek | kisembereitek |
| 3rd person plural | kisemberük | kisembereik |
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- kisember 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