durva

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English

Etymology

From Sanskrit दूर्वा (dūrvā). Doublet of doob as in doob grass.

Noun

durva (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of doob (type of grass)

Hungarian

Etymology

Of unknown origin.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: dur‧va
  • Rhymes: -vɒ

Adjective

durva (comparative durvább, superlative legdurvább)

  1. coarse (of inferior quality)
    Antonym: finom
  2. brusque, rough, rude
    Antonyms: figyelmes, tapintatos, gyengéd
  3. (slang) extreme, epic, solid, heavy, gross

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative durva durvák
accusative durvát durvákat
dative durvának durváknak
instrumental durvával durvákkal
causal-final durváért durvákért
translative durvává durvákká
terminative durváig durvákig
essive-formal durvaként durvákként
essive-modal
inessive durvában durvákban
superessive durván durvákon
adessive durvánál durváknál
illative durvába durvákba
sublative durvára durvákra
allative durvához durvákhoz
elative durvából durvákból
delative durváról durvákról
ablative durvától durváktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
durváé durváké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
durváéi durvákéi

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ durva 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

  • durva 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
  • durva 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).