agyafúrt

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Hungarian

Etymology

agya +‎ fúrt, from agy (brain, intellect) +‎ -a (possessive suffix) +‎ fúr (to drill) +‎ -t (past participle or past tense suffix)[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

agyafúrt (comparative agyafúrtabb, superlative legagyafúrtabb)

  1. (often derogatory) crafty, artful, cunning, knowing, shrewd, tricky
    Synonyms: ravasz, furgangos, leleményes, fortélyos, dörzsölt, minden hájjal megkent, csavaros eszű

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative agyafúrt agyafúrtak
accusative agyafúrtat agyafúrtakat
dative agyafúrtnak agyafúrtaknak
instrumental agyafúrttal agyafúrtakkal
causal-final agyafúrtért agyafúrtakért
translative agyafúrttá agyafúrtakká
terminative agyafúrtig agyafúrtakig
essive-formal agyafúrtként agyafúrtakként
essive-modal
inessive agyafúrtban agyafúrtakban
superessive agyafúrton agyafúrtakon
adessive agyafúrtnál agyafúrtaknál
illative agyafúrtba agyafúrtakba
sublative agyafúrtra agyafúrtakra
allative agyafúrthoz agyafúrtakhoz
elative agyafúrtból agyafúrtakból
delative agyafúrtról agyafúrtakról
ablative agyafúrttól agyafúrtaktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
agyafúrté agyafúrtaké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
agyafúrtéi agyafúrtakéi

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Eőry, Vilma. Értelmező szótár+ (“Explanatory Dictionary Plus”). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2007. →ISBN

Further reading

  • agyafúrt 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
  • agyafúrt in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).