rongy
Hungarian
editEtymology
editUncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Finno-Ugric *raćɜ (“rag”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editrongy (plural rongyok)
- cloth (a piece of cloth used for cleaning)
- rag, shred, tatter (a shred of torn cloth)
- rag (tattered clothes)
- (by extension, colloquial) clothes
- Nincs egy rongyom, amit felvegyek. ― I have nothing to wear. (literally: I don't have a rag to wear.)
- (slang) grand (a thousand forint banknote)
- (colloquial) scum, bastard (a reprehensible, morally depraved person)
Declension
editInflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | rongy | rongyok |
accusative | rongyot | rongyokat |
dative | rongynak | rongyoknak |
instrumental | ronggyal | rongyokkal |
causal-final | rongyért | rongyokért |
translative | ronggyá | rongyokká |
terminative | rongyig | rongyokig |
essive-formal | rongyként | rongyokként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | rongyban | rongyokban |
superessive | rongyon | rongyokon |
adessive | rongynál | rongyoknál |
illative | rongyba | rongyokba |
sublative | rongyra | rongyokra |
allative | rongyhoz | rongyokhoz |
elative | rongyból | rongyokból |
delative | rongyról | rongyokról |
ablative | rongytól | rongyoktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
rongyé | rongyoké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
rongyéi | rongyokéi |
Possessive forms of rongy | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | rongyom | rongyaim |
2nd person sing. | rongyod | rongyaid |
3rd person sing. | rongya | rongyai |
1st person plural | rongyunk | rongyaink |
2nd person plural | rongyotok | rongyaitok |
3rd person plural | rongyuk | rongyaik |
Derived terms
editCompound words
Expressions
Adjective
editrongy (comparative rongyabb, superlative legrongyabb)
- (colloquial, derogatory) good-for-nothing, useless, worthless
- Synonyms: hitvány, silány, értéktelen, vacak
- rongy alak ― rotter, cad
- rongy idő ― awful weather
Declension
editInflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
---|---|---|
singular | plural | |
nominative | rongy | rongyok |
accusative | rongyot | rongyokat |
dative | rongynak | rongyoknak |
instrumental | ronggyal | rongyokkal |
causal-final | rongyért | rongyokért |
translative | ronggyá | rongyokká |
terminative | rongyig | rongyokig |
essive-formal | rongyként | rongyokként |
essive-modal | rongyul | — |
inessive | rongyban | rongyokban |
superessive | rongyon | rongyokon |
adessive | rongynál | rongyoknál |
illative | rongyba | rongyokba |
sublative | rongyra | rongyokra |
allative | rongyhoz | rongyokhoz |
elative | rongyból | rongyokból |
delative | rongyról | rongyokról |
ablative | rongytól | rongyoktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
rongyé | rongyoké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
rongyéi | rongyokéi |
References
edit- ^ Entry #851 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
- ^ rongy in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading
edit- rongy in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
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