kötelem

== Hungarian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈkøtɛlɛm] Hyphenation: kö‧te‧lem Rhymes: -ɛm === Etymology 1 === From köt (“to bind”) +‎ -elem (noun-forming suffix). First attested in 1787. ==== Noun ==== kötelem (plural kötelmek) (law) obligation, duty, onus (archaic, literary) task, duty Synonym: kötelesség ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From kötél (“rope”) +‎ -em (“my”, possessive suffix). ==== Noun ==== kötelem first-person singular single-possession possessive of kötél ===== Declension ===== === References === === Further reading === kötelem 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.