zöm

See also: zom and źom

Hungarian

Etymology

First attested in 1815. Back-formation from zömök. Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈzøm]
  • Hyphenation: zöm
  • Rhymes: -øm

Noun

zöm (uncountable)

  1. (usually with a third-person possessive suffix) bulk, mass (large part)
    Synonyms: többség, nagyobb rész
    Az utasok zöme északról jött. ― Most of the passengers were from the North.

Declension

Inflection (stem in -ö-, front rounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative zöm —
accusative zömöt —
dative zömnek —
instrumental zömmel —
causal-final zömért —
translative zömmé —
terminative zömig —
essive-formal zömként —
essive-modal — —
inessive zömben —
superessive zömön —
adessive zömnél —
illative zömbe —
sublative zömre —
allative zömhöz —
elative zömből —
delative zömről —
ablative zömtől —
non-attributive
possessive - singular
zömé —
non-attributive
possessive - plural
zöméi —
Possessive forms of zöm
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. zömöm —
2nd person sing. zömöd —
3rd person sing. zöme —
1st person plural zömünk —
2nd person plural zömötök —
3rd person plural zömük —

References

  1. zöm in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN

Further reading

  • zöm 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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