fiatalember

Hungarian

Etymology

fiatal +‎ ember

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈfijɒtɒlɛmbɛr]
  • Hyphenation: fi‧a‧tal‧em‧ber

Noun

fiatalember (plural fiatalemberek)

  1. (formal) youth, young man
    Coordinate term: kisasszony
    A fiatalember pontosan tízkor elhagyta a házat. ― The young man left the house at ten sharp.
    Mit gondol, fiatalember? ― What do you think, young man?

Usage notes
  • To express that someone is still young (not an old man), it must be spelled in two words: fiatal ember.
  • It is a polite way for older adults to address any male between around 15–30 years of age as fiatalember. It can also be used in official situations instead of uram (“sir”).

Declension
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative fiatalember fiatalemberek
accusative fiatalembert fiatalembereket
dative fiatalembernek fiatalembereknek
instrumental fiatalemberrel fiatalemberekkel
causal-final fiatalemberért fiatalemberekért
translative fiatalemberré fiatalemberekké
terminative fiatalemberig fiatalemberekig
essive-formal fiatalemberként fiatalemberekként
essive-modal — —
inessive fiatalemberben fiatalemberekben
superessive fiatalemberen fiatalembereken
adessive fiatalembernél fiatalembereknél
illative fiatalemberbe fiatalemberekbe
sublative fiatalemberre fiatalemberekre
allative fiatalemberhez fiatalemberekhez
elative fiatalemberből fiatalemberekből
delative fiatalemberről fiatalemberekről
ablative fiatalembertől fiatalemberektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular		 fiatalemberé fiatalembereké
non-attributive
possessive - plural		 fiatalemberéi fiatalemberekéi
Possessive forms of fiatalember
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. fiatalemberem fiatalembereim
2nd person sing. fiatalembered fiatalembereid
3rd person sing. fiatalembere fiatalemberei
1st person plural fiatalemberünk fiatalembereink
2nd person plural fiatalemberetek fiatalembereitek
3rd person plural fiatalemberük fiatalembereik

References
  • Eőry, Vilma. Értelmező szótár+ (’Explanatory Dictionary Plus’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2007. →ISBN

Further reading
  • fiatalember 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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