zseni

Hungarian

Etymology

From German Genie, from French génie, from Latin genius.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʒɛni]
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  • Hyphenation: zse‧ni

Noun

zseni (plural zsenik)

  1. genius (someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill)
    Synonyms: lángelme, lángész, géniusz

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative zseni zsenik
accusative zsenit zseniket
dative zseninek zseniknek
instrumental zsenivel zsenikkel
causal-final zseniért zsenikért
translative zsenivé zsenikké
terminative zseniig zsenikig
essive-formal zseniként zsenikként
essive-modal
inessive zseniben zsenikben
superessive zsenin zseniken
adessive zseninél zseniknél
illative zsenibe zsenikbe
sublative zsenire zsenikre
allative zsenihez zsenikhez
elative zseniből zsenikből
delative zseniről zsenikről
ablative zsenitől zseniktől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
zsenié zseniké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
zseniéi zsenikéi
Possessive forms of zseni
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. zsenim zsenijeim
2nd person sing. zsenid zsenijeid
3rd person sing. zsenije zsenijei
1st person plural zsenink zsenijeink
2nd person plural zsenitek zsenijeitek
3rd person plural zsenijük zsenijeik

Derived terms

Further reading

  • zseni 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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