isten veled
التعريفات والمعاني
== Hungarian ==
=== Etymology ===
Ellipsis of Isten veled van (“God is with you”) or Isten legyen veled (“may God be with you”), from isten (“God”) + veled (“with you”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ˈiʃtɛn ˌvɛlɛd]
=== Phrase ===
isten veled
(literary, dated) farewell
==== Usage notes ====
Not much heard in everyday speech. Mostly used to say farewell to someone for a very long time, or forever, especially to someone near and dear to the speaker.
Doesn't imply any religious affiliation or belief.
The form of the pronoun veled changes depending on the situation, though the formal variants are lesser used, with the formal plural being practically non-existent only in older literature:
isten veled (singular, informal)
isten vele (singular, formal)
isten önnel (singular, very formal)
isten veletek (plural, informal)
isten velük (plural, formal)
isten önökkel (plural, very formal)