zöm

See also: zom and źom

Hungarian

Etymology

First attested in 1815. Back-formation from zömök, the latter from obsolete zomok/zomak with a vowel-harmony swift, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *smokъ, possibly from South Slavic, with voicing of the initial consonant and an epenthetic vowel. Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈzøm]
• Hyphenation: zöm
• Rhymes: -øm

Noun

zöm (uncountable)

1. (usually with a third-person possessive suffix) bulk, mass (large part)

   Synonyms: többség, nagyobb rész

   Az utasok zöme északról jött. ― Most of the passengers were from the North.

Declension

Inflection (stem in -ö-, front rounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	zöm	—
accusative	zömöt	—
dative	zömnek	—
instrumental	zömmel	—
causal-final	zömért	—
translative	zömmé	—
terminative	zömig	—
essive-formal	zömként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	zömben	—
superessive	zömön	—
adessive	zömnél	—
illative	zömbe	—
sublative	zömre	—
allative	zömhöz	—
elative	zömből	—
delative	zömről	—
ablative	zömtől	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	zömé	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	zöméi	—

Possessive forms of zöm
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	zömöm	—
2nd person sing.	zömöd	—
3rd person sing.	zöme	—
1st person plural	zömünk	—
2nd person plural	zömötök	—
3rd person plural	zömük	—

Derived terms

• zömít
• zömmel

 

Further reading

• zöm 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