tőle
Hungarian
Etymology
A lexicalized inflected form of the obsolete adverb től + -e (“possessive suffix”), from the noun tő (“nearness”) + -l (“archaic ablative case suffix”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtøːlɛ]
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Audio (file) - Hyphenation: tő‧le
Adverb
tőle
- from him / her / it
- Tőle hallották a hírt. ― They have heard the news from her.
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- of him / her / it
- Ez rendes volt tőle. ― This was nice of her.
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- With a verb, noun or phrase that requires -tól/-től case suffix.
- Félek tőle. ― I'm afraid of him.
- Ez tőle függ. ― It's up to him.
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Declension
See also
References
- ↑ Gábor Zaicz, Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete, Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN
Further reading
- tőle in A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára]]
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