keserv
Hungarian
Etymology
Back-formation from keserves (“dolorous, doleful, gruelling, miserable, sorrowful”),[1] related to keserű (“bitter”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkɛʃɛrv]
- Hyphenation: ke‧serv
- Rhymes: -ɛrv
Noun
keserv (plural keservek)
- (archaic or literary, chiefly in suffixed forms) hardship, misery, sorrow, grief, rue, woe, distress, chagrin, tribulation
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | keserv | keservek |
| accusative | keservet | keserveket |
| dative | keservnek | keserveknek |
| instrumental | keservvel | keservekkel |
| causal-final | keservért | keservekért |
| translative | keservvé | keservekké |
| terminative | keservig | keservekig |
| essive-formal | keservként | keservekként |
| essive-modal | keservül | — |
| inessive | keservben | keservekben |
| superessive | keserven | keserveken |
| adessive | keservnél | keserveknél |
| illative | keservbe | keservekbe |
| sublative | keservre | keservekre |
| allative | keservhez | keservekhez |
| elative | keservből | keservekből |
| delative | keservről | keservekről |
| ablative | keservtől | keservektől |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
keservé | keserveké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
keservéi | keservekéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | keservem | keserveim |
| 2nd person sing. | keserved | keserveid |
| 3rd person sing. | keserve | keservei |
| 1st person plural | keservünk | keserveink |
| 2nd person plural | keservetek | keserveitek |
| 3rd person plural | keservük | keserveik |
Derived terms
References
- ^ keserv in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2025.
- ^ Keservek at Moly.hu
Further reading
- keserv 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.