gőgös

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Hungarian

Etymology

From the gőg variant of gég, an older version of gége (larynx) +‎ -ös (adjective-forming suffix). The derivation may refer to the fact that a haughty person generally walks with the head lifted up, which makes the larynx more visible.[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

gőgös (comparative gőgösebb, superlative leggőgösebb)

  1. haughty, self-important, supercilious
    Synonym: dölyfös

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front rounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative gőgös gőgösek
accusative gőgöset gőgöseket
dative gőgösnek gőgöseknek
instrumental gőgössel gőgösekkel
causal-final gőgösért gőgösekért
translative gőgössé gőgösekké
terminative gőgösig gőgösekig
essive-formal gőgösként gőgösekként
essive-modal
inessive gőgösben gőgösekben
superessive gőgösön gőgöseken
adessive gőgösnél gőgöseknél
illative gőgösbe gőgösekbe
sublative gőgösre gőgösekre
allative gőgöshöz gőgösekhez
elative gőgösből gőgösekből
delative gőgösről gőgösekről
ablative gőgöstől gőgösektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
gőgösé gőgöseké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
gőgöséi gőgösekéi

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ gőgös 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

  • gőgös 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