nemes

See also: Nemes, nèmes, nemeș, and Nemeș

Hungarian

Etymology

nem (“clan, genus, kin”) +‎ -es[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈnɛmɛʃ]
  • Hyphenation: ne‧mes
  • Rhymes: -ɛʃ

Adjective

nemes (comparative nemesebb, or archaic nemesb, superlative legnemesebb, or archaic legnemesb)

  1. noble

Declension
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative nemes nemesek
accusative nemeset nemeseket
dative nemesnek nemeseknek
instrumental nemessel nemesekkel
causal-final nemesért nemesekért
translative nemessé nemesekké
terminative nemesig nemesekig
essive-formal nemesként nemesekként
essive-modal — —
inessive nemesben nemesekben
superessive nemesen nemeseken
adessive nemesnél nemeseknél
illative nemesbe nemesekbe
sublative nemesre nemesekre
allative nemeshez nemesekhez
elative nemesből nemesekből
delative nemesről nemesekről
ablative nemestől nemesektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular		 nemesé nemeseké
non-attributive
possessive - plural		 nemeséi nemesekéi

Noun

nemes (plural nemesek)

  1. noble, nobleman

Declension
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative nemes nemesek
accusative nemest nemeseket
dative nemesnek nemeseknek
instrumental nemessel nemesekkel
causal-final nemesért nemesekért
translative nemessé nemesekké
terminative nemesig nemesekig
essive-formal nemesként nemesekként
essive-modal — —
inessive nemesben nemesekben
superessive nemesen nemeseken
adessive nemesnél nemeseknél
illative nemesbe nemesekbe
sublative nemesre nemesekre
allative nemeshez nemesekhez
elative nemesből nemesekből
delative nemesről nemesekről
ablative nemestől nemesektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular		 nemesé nemeseké
non-attributive
possessive - plural		 nemeséi nemesekéi
Possessive forms of nemes
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. nemesem nemeseim
2nd person sing. nemesed nemeseid
3rd person sing. nemese nemesei
1st person plural nemesünk nemeseink
2nd person plural nemesetek nemeseitek
3rd person plural nemesük nemeseik

Derived terms
Compound words

Descendants
  • → Romanian: nemeș

References
  1. nemes 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
  • nemes 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

Maltese
Root
n-m-s
6 terms

Etymology

From Arabic نِمْس‎ (nims), though the Maltese form is slightly irregular and points to an underlying *namas.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈnɛ.mɛs/

Noun

nemes m (plural inmsa or nemsijiet, feminine nemsa)

  1. ferret
  2. (figuratively) inquisitive person
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