-félben
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== Hungarian ==
=== Etymology ===
From fél (“half”) + -ben (“in”, inessive case suffix).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [feːlbɛn]
Hyphenation: fél‧ben
Rhymes: -ɛn
=== Suffix ===
-félben
(adverb-forming suffix) about to, in the process of, in the middle of (engaged in, but not finished with; added to present-participles to create an adverb)
váló (“divorcing”) + -félben → válófélben (“in the process of divorcing”)
A barátomék válófélben vannak. ― My friends are going through a divorce. (They are in the process of divorcing.)
==== Derived terms ====
=== See also ===
Appendix:Hungarian suffixes
=== Further reading ===
-félben in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.