eleje

See also: eléje

Hungarian

Etymology

Lexicalization of elő +‎ -je (possessive suffix)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɛlɛjɛ]
  • Hyphenation: ele‧je
  • Rhymes: -jɛ

Noun

eleje

  1. (only with a possessive suffix) the front, the initial or early part, or the beginning of something
    Antonym: vége
    a kocsi eleje ― the front of the car
    augusztus eleje ― early August
    a tizennyolcadik század eleje ― the beginning of the eighteenth century

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative eleje —
accusative elejét —
dative elejének —
instrumental elejével —
causal-final elejéért —
translative elejévé —
terminative elejéig —
essive-formal elejeként —
essive-modal elejéül —
inessive elejében —
superessive elején —
adessive elejénél —
illative elejébe —
sublative elejére —
allative elejéhez —
elative elejéből —
delative elejéről —
ablative elejétől —
non-attributive
possessive - singular
elejéé —
non-attributive
possessive - plural
elejééi —

Derived terms

Expressions
  • elejét veszi

Further reading

  • eleje 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
  • eleje in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (’A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2023)
  • eleje in Pusztai, Ferenc (ed.). Magyar értelmező kéziszótár (’A Concise Explanatory Dictionary of Hungarian’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2003. 2nd, expanded and revised edition. →ISBN (The online version is available with registration for one 2-hour free trial per month.)
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