fent
See also: Fent
English
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old French fente, from Latin findēre (“to cleave”).
Noun
editfent (plural fents)
Etymology 2
editNoun
editfent (uncountable)
Anagrams
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editPronunciation
editVerb
editfent
Hungarian
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFirst attested in 1525. From the fen variant of fenn (“above”) + -t (locative suffix).[1]
Alternative forms
editAdverb
editfent (comparative feljebb or fentebb, superlative legfelül or legfentebb)
Usage notes
editThe form fentebb and the uncommon legfentebb are only used in formal style with említett (or a synonymous verb), in the sense “above-mentioned” or “aforesaid”. In the literal sense, feljebb (or its variant följebb) and legfelül (or its variant legfölül) are used as its comparative and superlative.
Derived terms
editCompound words
Etymology 2
editVerb
editfent
- third-person singular indicative past indefinite of fen
- János késeket és ollókat fent. ― János sharpened / was sharpening knives and pairs of scissors.
Participle
editfent
- past participle of fen
- Ez egy élesre fent kés. ― It is a knife whetted sharp.
Declension
editInflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | fent | fentek |
accusative | fentet | fenteket |
dative | fentnek | fenteknek |
instrumental | fenttel | fentekkel |
causal-final | fentért | fentekért |
translative | fentté | fentekké |
terminative | fentig | fentekig |
essive-formal | fentként | fentekként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | fentben | fentekben |
superessive | fenten | fenteken |
adessive | fentnél | fenteknél |
illative | fentbe | fentekbe |
sublative | fentre | fentekre |
allative | fenthez | fentekhez |
elative | fentből | fentekből |
delative | fentről | fentekről |
ablative | fenttől | fentektől |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
fenté | fenteké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
fentéi | fentekéi |
Etymology 3
editfen (“fen”, Chinese monetary subunit) + -t (accusative suffix)
Noun
editfent
References
edit- ^ fent 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.)
Further reading
edit- fent 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
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