-mény

See also: meny

Hungarian

Etymology

From -m (instantaneous suffix) +‎ -ény (nominal-forming suffix).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [meːɲ]
  • Rhymes: -eːɲ

Suffix

-mény

  1. (noun-forming suffix) Added to a verb to form a noun indicating the result of the action.
    ‎ered (“to originate”) + ‎-mény → ‎eredmény (“result”)

Usage notes
  • (noun-forming suffix) Variants:
    -mány is added to back-vowel words
    Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) is added to front-vowel words
    -omány same as -mány with a linking vowel
    -emény same as -mény with a linking vowel
  • Note: Although the following words end in -mény, they are not derivations: böszörmény, kemény, kémény, kömény, örmény, remény, termény, tömény.

Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Possessive forms of -mény
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. -ményem -ményeim
2nd person sing. -ményed -ményeid
3rd person sing. -ménye -ményei
1st person plural -ményünk -ményeink
2nd person plural -ményetek -ményeitek
3rd person plural -ményük -ményeik

Derived terms
Hungarian nouns suffixed with -mény

See also
  • Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

References
  1. -mény 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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