borogat

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Hungarian

Etymology

From the same stem as borít +‎ -ogat (frequentative suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

borogat

  1. (transitive, medicine) to compress, foment or put on a cold compress
  2. (transitive, frequentative) to overturn, tip, capsize, upset many things, one after the other
    A viharos szél kukákat borogatott.The stormy wind overturned garbage cans.

Conjugation

Derived terms

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References

  1. ^ borogat 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

  • borogat 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
  • borogat 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).