slejm
Hungarian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Bavarian šlāim, compare German Schleim (“viscous, thick juice, slime”). It is of Indo-European origin; compare Lithuanian sliẽkas (“earthworm”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]slejm (plural slejmek)
- (informal) phlegm (viscid mucus produced by the body, later especially mucus expelled from the bronchial passages by coughing)
- Synonyms: (formal) torokváladék, (slang) turha
- Hypernyms: váladék, nyálka, nyák
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | slejm | slejmek |
| accusative | slejmet | slejmeket |
| dative | slejmnek | slejmeknek |
| instrumental | slejmmel | slejmekkel |
| causal-final | slejmért | slejmekért |
| translative | slejmmé | slejmekké |
| terminative | slejmig | slejmekig |
| essive-formal | slejmként | slejmekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | slejmben | slejmekben |
| superessive | slejmen | slejmeken |
| adessive | slejmnél | slejmeknél |
| illative | slejmbe | slejmekbe |
| sublative | slejmre | slejmekre |
| allative | slejmhez | slejmekhez |
| elative | slejmből | slejmekből |
| delative | slejmről | slejmekről |
| ablative | slejmtől | slejmektől |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
slejmé | slejmeké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
slejméi | slejmekéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | slejmem | slejmjeim |
| 2nd person sing. | slejmed | slejmjeid |
| 3rd person sing. | slejmje | slejmjei |
| 1st person plural | slejmünk | slejmjeink |
| 2nd person plural | slejmetek | slejmjeitek |
| 3rd person plural | slejmjük | slejmjeik |
References
[edit]- ^ slejm 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.)
- ^ slejm in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN