hanyag

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Hungarian

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from the unattested but deducable hany variant of hagy (to leave) +‎ -ag (nominal-forming suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

hanyag (comparative hanyagabb, superlative leghanyagabb)

  1. negligent, careless
    Synonyms: felületes, lelkiismeretlen, nemtörődöm

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative hanyag hanyagok
accusative hanyagot hanyagokat
dative hanyagnak hanyagoknak
instrumental hanyaggal hanyagokkal
causal-final hanyagért hanyagokért
translative hanyaggá hanyagokká
terminative hanyagig hanyagokig
essive-formal hanyagként hanyagokként
essive-modal hanyagul
inessive hanyagban hanyagokban
superessive hanyagon hanyagokon
adessive hanyagnál hanyagoknál
illative hanyagba hanyagokba
sublative hanyagra hanyagokra
allative hanyaghoz hanyagokhoz
elative hanyagból hanyagokból
delative hanyagról hanyagokról
ablative hanyagtól hanyagoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
hanyagé hanyagoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
hanyagéi hanyagokéi

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ hanyag 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

  • hanyag 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