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Imre
Imre
See also: İmre
Hungarian
Etymology
From Germanic Amalrich or Emmerich, Proto-Germanic *amal (“vigor, bravery”) + rīhhi (“ruler”) The old Hungarian variants of the Latin names Emericus, Emmeric are: Emrik, Emrih, Imreh. There are written data in Hungarian documents since the end of the 12th century for the Emericus, Eimericus variants. According to another explanation, Imre is a borrowing of the German Heinrich (Henrik).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈimrɛ]
- Hyphenation: Im‧re
Proper noun
Imre
- A male given name, cognate to German Emmerich, related to English Emery.
- A surname.
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | Imre | Imrék |
| accusative | Imrét | Imréket |
| dative | Imrének | Imréknek |
| instrumental | Imrével | Imrékkel |
| causal-final | Imréért | Imrékért |
| translative | Imrévé | Imrékké |
| terminative | Imréig | Imrékig |
| essive-formal | Imreként | Imrékként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | Imrében | Imrékben |
| superessive | Imrén | Imréken |
| adessive | Imrénél | Imréknél |
| illative | Imrébe | Imrékbe |
| sublative | Imrére | Imrékre |
| allative | Imréhez | Imrékhez |
| elative | Imréből | Imrékből |
| delative | Imréről | Imrékről |
| ablative | Imrétől | Imréktől |
| Possessive forms of Imre | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | Imrém | Imréim |
| 2nd person sing. | Imréd | Imréid |
| 3rd person sing. | Imréje | Imréi |
| 1st person plural | Imrénk | Imréink |
| 2nd person plural | Imrétek | Imréitek |
| 3rd person plural | Imréjük | Imréik |
References
- ↑ Fercsik Erzsébet - Raátz Judit: Keresztnevek enciklopédiája, Tinta Könyvkiadó, Budapest, 2009