fém

See also: fem, FEM, fem., and fem-

Hungarian

Etymology

Shortened from fémlik, a variant form of fénylik (“to shine, glitter”). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈfeːm]
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -eːm

Noun

fém (plural fémek)

  1. (chemistry) metal (any of a number of chemical elements in the periodic table that form a metallic bond with other metal atoms; generally shiny, somewhat malleable and hard, often a conductor of heat and electricity)

Declension
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative fém fémek
accusative fémet fémeket
dative fémnek fémeknek
instrumental fémmel fémekkel
causal-final fémért fémekért
translative fémmé fémekké
terminative fémig fémekig
essive-formal fémként fémekként
essive-modal — —
inessive fémben fémekben
superessive fémen fémeken
adessive fémnél fémeknél
illative fémbe fémekbe
sublative fémre fémekre
allative fémhez fémekhez
elative fémből fémekből
delative fémről fémekről
ablative fémtől fémektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular		 fémé fémeké
non-attributive
possessive - plural		 féméi fémekéi
Possessive forms of fém
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. fémem fémeim
2nd person sing. fémed fémeid
3rd person sing. féme fémei
1st person plural fémünk fémeink
2nd person plural fémetek fémeitek
3rd person plural fémük fémeik

Antonyms

Derived terms
Compound words

See also

References
  1. fém 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
  • fém 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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