-delem

See also: delem

Hungarian

Etymology

Formed in the Old Hungarian era either from -d (frequentative suffix) +‎ -elem (noun-forming suffix), or from -del (frequentative suffix) +‎ -em (noun-forming suffix).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [dɛlɛm]
  • Hyphenation: de‧lem

Suffix

-delem

  1. (noun-forming suffix) Added to a verb or a noun to form an abstract noun.

Usage notes
  • (noun-forming suffix) Variants:
    -dalom is added to back-vowel words
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    -adalom same as -dalom with a linking vowel
    -odalom same as -dalom with a linking vowel
    -edelem same as -delem with a linking vowel

Declension

In some of the declined forms -delem will change to -delm. Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Possessive forms of -delem
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. -delmem -delmeim
2nd person sing. -delmed -delmeid
3rd person sing. -delme -delmei
1st person plural -delmünk -delmeink
2nd person plural -delmetek -delmeitek
3rd person plural -delmük -delmeik

See also
  • Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

References
  1. -delem 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.)
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