fene

Hungarian

Etymology

From the Hungarian verb fen (“to hone, sharpen”) +‎ -e (“present participle suffix”). For the suffix compare fürge, lenge. Originally, it was used as an adjective for infuriated, ready-to-attack wild animals (e.g. fene farkas - enraged wolf), later it became a noun with the same sense which is now obsolete.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈfɛnɛ]
  • Hyphenation: fe‧ne

Adjective

fene (comparative fenébb, superlative legfenébb)

  1. (as an intensifier) damned, bloody, hell of a
    Fene nagy hideg volt. ― It was damn cold.

Noun

fene

  1. (vulgar or colloquial) damn, hell
    A fene egye meg. ― Damn it.
    Mi a fene ez? ― What the hell is this?
  2. (archaic) cancer, gangrene

Declension
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative fene fenék
accusative fenét fenéket
dative fenének fenéknek
instrumental fenével fenékkel
causal-final fenéért fenékért
translative fenévé fenékké
terminative fenéig fenékig
essive-formal feneként fenékként
essive-modal — —
inessive fenében fenékben
superessive fenén fenéken
adessive fenénél fenéknél
illative fenébe fenékbe
sublative fenére fenékre
allative fenéhez fenékhez
elative fenéből fenékből
delative fenéről fenékről
ablative fenétől fenéktől
Possessive forms of fene
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. feném fenéim
2nd person sing. fenéd fenéid
3rd person sing. fenéje fenéi
1st person plural fenénk fenéink
2nd person plural fenétek fenéitek
3rd person plural fenéjük fenéik

References
  1. Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish féin (“self”).

Adjective

fene

  1. Obsolete form of hene.

Portuguese

Verb

fene

  1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of fenar
  2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of fenar
  3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of fenar
  4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of fenar
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