magánkívül

Hungarian

Etymology

magán +‎ kívül

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈmɒɡaːŋkiːvyl]
Hyphenation: ma‧gán‧kí‧vül
Rhymes: -yl

Adverb

magánkívül (not comparable)

in a delirious or ecstatic state, in a trance
(figurative) beside oneself (overcome; consumed by an emotion; used with the appropriate form of van (“to be”) and either -ban/-ben of the possessive-suffixed form or -tól/-től of the lemma form of the noun expressing the emotion)

Usage notes

This form is for the third person singular. For the other persons, magamon, magadon, magunkon, magatokon, magukon kívül is used (see magam, magad, maga, magunk, magatok, maguk).
In the literal sense “aside/apart from oneself” or “in addition to oneself”, magán kívül is used in two words.

Further reading

magánkívül 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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