mendemonda

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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mende + monda, a reduplication of monda (s/he said), the obsolete past tense of mond (to say). Its original form was probably monda-monda and it referred to the repeated saying of a story or news. The vowels dissimilated in the first part.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈmɛndɛmondɒ]
  • Hyphenation: men‧de‧mon‧da
  • Rhymes: -dɒ

Noun

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mendemonda (plural mendemondák)

  1. (derogatory) hearsay, scuttlebutt, gossip, rumor, idle chatter (information that was heard by one person about another that cannot be adequately substantiated)
    Synonyms: híresztelés, szóbeszéd, pletyka, mesebeszéd

Declension

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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative mendemonda mendemondák
accusative mendemondát mendemondákat
dative mendemondának mendemondáknak
instrumental mendemondával mendemondákkal
causal-final mendemondáért mendemondákért
translative mendemondává mendemondákká
terminative mendemondáig mendemondákig
essive-formal mendemondaként mendemondákként
essive-modal
inessive mendemondában mendemondákban
superessive mendemondán mendemondákon
adessive mendemondánál mendemondáknál
illative mendemondába mendemondákba
sublative mendemondára mendemondákra
allative mendemondához mendemondákhoz
elative mendemondából mendemondákból
delative mendemondáról mendemondákról
ablative mendemondától mendemondáktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
mendemondáé mendemondáké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
mendemondáéi mendemondákéi
Possessive forms of mendemonda
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. mendemondám mendemondáim
2nd person sing. mendemondád mendemondáid
3rd person sing. mendemondája mendemondái
1st person plural mendemondánk mendemondáink
2nd person plural mendemondátok mendemondáitok
3rd person plural mendemondájuk mendemondáik

Derived terms

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ mendemonda 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

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