kisember

Hungarian

Etymology

kis (“small, insignificant”) +‎ ember (“man, person”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈkiʃɛmbɛr]
  • Hyphenation: kis‧em‧ber
  • Rhymes: -ɛr

Noun

kisember (plural kisemberek)

  1. (idiomatic) man on the street, man in the street (an insignificant person with a modest income)

Usage notes

Not to be confused with kis ember (“short person”).

Declension
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative kisember kisemberek
accusative kisembert kisembereket
dative kisembernek kisembereknek
instrumental kisemberrel kisemberekkel
causal-final kisemberért kisemberekért
translative kisemberré kisemberekké
terminative kisemberig kisemberekig
essive-formal kisemberként kisemberekként
essive-modal — —
inessive kisemberben kisemberekben
superessive kisemberen kisembereken
adessive kisembernél kisembereknél
illative kisemberbe kisemberekbe
sublative kisemberre kisemberekre
allative kisemberhez kisemberekhez
elative kisemberből kisemberekből
delative kisemberről kisemberekről
ablative kisembertől kisemberektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular		 kisemberé kisembereké
non-attributive
possessive - plural		 kisemberéi kisemberekéi
Possessive forms of kisember
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. kisemberem kisembereim
2nd person sing. kisembered kisembereid
3rd person sing. kisembere kisemberei
1st person plural kisemberünk kisembereink
2nd person plural kisemberetek kisembereitek
3rd person plural kisemberük kisembereik

Derived terms
  • kisemberi

Further reading
  • kisember 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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