mesebeli
Hungarian
Etymology
mese (“fairy tale, fable”) + -beli
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmɛʃɛbɛli]
- Hyphenation: me‧se‧be‧li
- Rhymes: -li
Adjective
mesebeli (comparative mesebelibb, superlative legmesebelibb)
- fabled, fictitious, mythical (known only in fables)
- a mesebeli teknős ― the fabled tortoise
- legendary, fabulous, fablelike, fairy-tale (of the nature of a fairy tale; as if from a fairy tale)
- mesebeli esküvő ― fairy-tale wedding
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mesebeli | mesebeliek |
| accusative | mesebelit | mesebelieket |
| dative | mesebelinek | mesebelieknek |
| instrumental | mesebelivel | mesebeliekkel |
| causal-final | mesebeliért | mesebeliekért |
| translative | mesebelivé | mesebeliekké |
| terminative | mesebeliig | mesebeliekig |
| essive-formal | mesebeliként | mesebeliekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | mesebeliben | mesebeliekben |
| superessive | mesebelin | mesebelieken |
| adessive | mesebelinél | mesebelieknél |
| illative | mesebelibe | mesebeliekbe |
| sublative | mesebelire | mesebeliekre |
| allative | mesebelihez | mesebeliekhez |
| elative | mesebeliből | mesebeliekből |
| delative | mesebeliről | mesebeliekről |
| ablative | mesebelitől | mesebeliektől |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
mesebelié | mesebelieké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
mesebeliéi | mesebeliekéi |
Further reading
- mesebeli in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.