gémes

See also: gemes and Gemes

Hungarian

Etymology

gém (heron or spoonbill) + -es (adjective-forming suffix), the shape and movement of the bird metaphorically transferred to the senses “drawbridge, (boom) barrier”, “hoist”, “sweep” (of a well), becoming the basis of the adjective, which mostly exists today in the compound given below.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡeːmɛʃ]
  • Hyphenation: gé‧mes
  • Rhymes: -ɛʃ

Adjective

gémes (not comparable)

  1. (archaic, rare) having some kind of a long pole, arm, or lever

Declension

Inflection of gémes
singular plural
nominative gémes gémesek
accusative gémeset
gémest
gémeseket
dative gémesnek gémeseknek
instrumental gémessel gémesekkel
causal-final gémesért gémesekért
translative gémessé gémesekké
terminative gémesig gémesekig
essive-formal gémesként gémesekként
essive-modal
inessive gémesben gémesekben
superessive gémesen gémeseken
adessive gémesnél gémeseknél
illative gémesbe gémesekbe
sublative gémesre gémesekre
allative gémeshez gémesekhez
elative gémesből gémesekből
delative gémesről gémesekről
ablative gémestől gémesektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
gémesé gémeseké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
gémeséi gémesekéi

Derived terms

References

  1. gémes 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.)

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