felső

Hungarian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the archaic noun fel (the upper part of something) + -ső[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfɛlʃøː]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: fel‧ső
  • Rhymes: -ʃøː

Adjective

felső (comparative feljebbi or feljebb lévő or felsőbb, superlative legfelső or legfelsőbb)

  1. top, upper
    Antonym: alsó

Usage notes

Adjectives ending in -só/-ső form their superlative with the leg- prefix (legfelső). The regular form (legfelsőbb) also exists but only in specific context:

  • legfelső fióktopmost drawer
  • legfelsőbb bíróságsupreme court

Similarly, feljebbi or feljebb lévő means “located at a higher position”, while felsőbb is mostly used in an abstract sense (for example “higher powers”, “upper classes”, or “orders from a superior”).

Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms

  • felsős
Compound words
Expressions

Noun

felső (plural felsők)

  1. top (a garment worn to cover the torso)
    Antonyms: nadrág, szoknya
    Hypernym: ruha
    Hyponyms: blúz, ing, póló, pulóver
  2. (card games) over knave (the middle of the three face cards in the German or Hungarian card deck, distinguished by the suit symbol being higher up the side of the card than on the alsó, and not wearing a crown or riding a horse like the king)

Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Possessive forms of felső
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. felsőm felsőim
2nd person sing. felsőd felsőid
3rd person sing. felsője felsői
1st person plural felsőnk felsőink
2nd person plural felsőtök felsőitek
3rd person plural felsőjük felsőik

Derived terms

References

  1. felső 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.)

Further reading

  • felső 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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