adag

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Hungarian

Etymology

ad +‎ -ag, created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
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  • Hyphenation: adag
  • Rhymes: -ɒɡ

Noun

adag (plural adagok)

  1. portion, serving, helping (allocated amount)
  2. (medicine) dose (a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time)
    Synonym: dózis

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative adag adagok
accusative adagot adagokat
dative adagnak adagoknak
instrumental adaggal adagokkal
causal-final adagért adagokért
translative adaggá adagokká
terminative adagig adagokig
essive-formal adagként adagokként
essive-modal
inessive adagban adagokban
superessive adagon adagokon
adessive adagnál adagoknál
illative adagba adagokba
sublative adagra adagokra
allative adaghoz adagokhoz
elative adagból adagokból
delative adagról adagokról
ablative adagtól adagoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
adagé adagoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
adagéi adagokéi
Possessive forms of adag
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. adagom adagjaim
2nd person sing. adagod adagjaid
3rd person sing. adagja adagjai
1st person plural adagunk adagjaink
2nd person plural adagotok adagjaitok
3rd person plural adagjuk adagjaik

Derived terms

Compound words

Further reading

  • adag 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
  • adag in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From English haddock, assimilated to the suffix -ag.

Pronunciation

Noun

adag f (genitive singular adaig, plural adagan)

  1. haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)

Somali

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic *zeeɣ-.

Adjective

adag

  1. difficult, hard

References

  • Puglielli, Annarita, Mansuur, Cabdalla Cumar (2012) “adag”, in Qaamuuska Af-Soomaliga, Rome: RomaTrE-Press, →ISBN, page 33