neje

See also: něje

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish nighæ, from Old Norse hneigja, from Proto-Germanic *hnaigijaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /najə/, [ˈnɑjə]

Verb

neje (imperative nej, infinitive at neje, present tense nejer, past tense nejede, perfect tense nejet)

  1. curtsey (to make a curtsey)

Conjugation

Conjugation of neje
active passive
present nejer nejes
past nejede nejedes
infinitive neje nejes
imperative nej
participle
present nejende
past nejet
(auxiliary verb have)
gerund nejen

See also

References

Hungarian

Etymology

Lexicalization of an earlier nej-, neɣ- stem of (woman; [archaic] wife) +‎ -e (possessive suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈnɛjɛ]
  • Hyphenation: ne‧je

Noun

neje

  1. third-person singular single-possession possessive of , one’s wife (already incorporating the possessive suffix)
    Synonym: feleség

Usage notes

  • For the possessive of in the sense “woman; female partner or lover, mistress”, see nője.
  • If the incorporated possessive suffix is not required, feleség may be used instead. The term in the sense “wife” is archaic, while the form nej may be disputed. (For a similar case, see vej.)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative neje
accusative nejét
dative nejének
instrumental nejével
causal-final nejéért
translative nejévé
terminative nejéig
essive-formal nejeként
essive-modal nejéül
inessive nejében
superessive nején
adessive nejénél
illative nejébe
sublative nejére
allative nejéhez
elative nejéből
delative nejéről
ablative nejétől
non-attributive
possessive – singular
nejéé
non-attributive
possessive – plural
nejééi

For the plural form (“someone’s wives”), see nejei.

Further reading

  • neje 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.
  • The second sense of (2): 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.