gulyás

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Hungarian

 Gulyás (herdsman) on Hungarian Wikipedia
Károly Sterio: Gulyás (Herdsman)
 Gulyás (food) on Hungarian Wikipedia
 goulash on Wikipedia
Gulyás (goulash) prepared in a traditional bogrács (cauldron)

Etymology

From gulya (herd of cows) +‎ -s (noun-forming suffix indicating an occupation). The name of the dish is via ellipsis of gulyáshús (herdsman meat), gulyásétel (herdsman food), or gulyástokány (herdsman stew).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: gu‧lyás
  • Rhymes: -aːʃ

Noun

gulyás (plural gulyások)

  1. herdsman (a person who tends a herd of cows)
    Synonym: pásztor
  2. beef/pork/veal stew with potatoes and/or dumplings, seasoned with paprika (a traditional Hungarian dish)
    • 1930-31, Frigyes Karinthy, Idomított világ: Zöngék és zörejek 1930–31, Szépirodalmi Könyvkiadó, 1981 :
      Megint megéheztem. Kikukucskálok a konyhába. Jóféle gulyás fő az egyik fazékban, de az holnapra készül… .
      I got hungry again. I peek into the kitchen. Delicious stew is cooking in one of the pots, but that is being prepared for tomorrow… .

Usage notes

Despite the obvious connection in etymology, English goulash refers to the dish called paprikás pörkölt in Hungarian, not gulyás), so these terms are false friends.

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative gulyás gulyások
accusative gulyást gulyásokat
dative gulyásnak gulyásoknak
instrumental gulyással gulyásokkal
causal-final gulyásért gulyásokért
translative gulyássá gulyásokká
terminative gulyásig gulyásokig
essive-formal gulyásként gulyásokként
essive-modal
inessive gulyásban gulyásokban
superessive gulyáson gulyásokon
adessive gulyásnál gulyásoknál
illative gulyásba gulyásokba
sublative gulyásra gulyásokra
allative gulyáshoz gulyásokhoz
elative gulyásból gulyásokból
delative gulyásról gulyásokról
ablative gulyástól gulyásoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
gulyásé gulyásoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
gulyáséi gulyásokéi
Possessive forms of gulyás
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. gulyásom gulyásaim
2nd person sing. gulyásod gulyásaid
3rd person sing. gulyása gulyásai
1st person plural gulyásunk gulyásaink
2nd person plural gulyásotok gulyásaitok
3rd person plural gulyásuk gulyásaik

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Descendants

See also

See also

References

  1. ^ gulyás in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.

Further reading

  • (herdsman): gulyás 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
  • (meat stew): gulyás 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

Portuguese

Noun

gulyás m (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of goulash