magában

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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From maga (oneself) +‎ -ban (in, inessive case suffix).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈmɒɡaːbɒn]
  • Hyphenation: ma‧gá‧ban
  • Rhymes: -ɒn

Pronoun

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magában

  1. inessive singular of maga
    Synonym: (formal second-person singular personal pronoun) önben
    Synonyms: önmagában, (reflexive pronoun) saját magában

Derived terms

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Expressions

Adverb

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magában (not comparable)

  1. by oneself, on one's own, without any company
    Synonyms: egyedül, egymagában
    Ökör iszik magában.Drinking is not meant to be on one's own (literally, “[Only] an ox drinks by himself.”)
  2. on its own, without anything added
    A pirítóson szeretem a sajtot, de magában nem eszem meg.I love cheese on toast, but I won't eat it on its own.

Declension

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Further reading

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  • magában 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