dolog

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Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from a Slavic language, perhaps from Serbo-Croatian. Compare Serbo-Croatian dug (“debt”), Slovak dlh (“debt”).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: do‧log
  • Rhymes: -oɡ

Noun

dolog (plural dolgok)

  1. thing, object
    Synonyms: tárgy, holmi
  2. affair, business, matter
    Synonyms: ügy, téma, kérdés
  3. task, work, job, duty, responsibility
    Synonyms: feladat, munka, tennivaló
  4. fate, (good or bad) time
    Synonyms: sors, sor, élet, körülmény, helyzet
    jó dolga van ― s/he has it good (s/he is in a favorable situation)
  5. a matter or question of (something) (used with abstract concepts like honour or taste)
    Synonym: kérdés

Usage notes

Except for meanings (1) and (2), it is usually used with possessive endings: dolgom, dolgod, dolga etc. (see the chart below).

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative dolog dolgok
accusative dolgot dolgokat
dative dolognak dolgoknak
instrumental dologgal dolgokkal
causal-final dologért dolgokért
translative dologgá dolgokká
terminative dologig dolgokig
essive-formal dologként dolgokként
essive-modal — —
inessive dologban dolgokban
superessive dolgon dolgokon
adessive dolognál dolgoknál
illative dologba dolgokba
sublative dologra dolgokra
allative dologhoz dolgokhoz
elative dologból dolgokból
delative dologról dolgokról
ablative dologtól dolgoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		dologé dolgoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		dologéi dolgokéi
Possessive forms of dolog
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. dolgom dolgaim
2nd person sing. dolgod dolgaid
3rd person sing. dolga dolgai
1st person plural dolgunk dolgaink
2nd person plural dolgotok dolgaitok
3rd person plural dolguk dolgaik

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References

  1. ^ dolog 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

  • dolog 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
  • dolog 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)

Simalungun Batak

Etymology

From Proto-Batak *dələg.

Noun

dolog

  1. mountain

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