harapós

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Hungarian

Etymology

First attested in 1604. harap (to bite) +‎ -ós (adjective-forming suffix)[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

harapós (comparative harapósabb, superlative legharapósabb)

  1. (of an animal, especially a dog) angry, biting
  2. (figuratively) morose, gruff, sullen, grouchy (unfriendly and bad-tempered)
    Synonyms: rosszkedvű, komor, barátságtalan, mogorva, morcos, haragos, zord, bal lábbal kel fel

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative harapós harapósak
accusative harapósat harapósakat
dative harapósnak harapósaknak
instrumental harapóssal harapósakkal
causal-final harapósért harapósakért
translative harapóssá harapósakká
terminative harapósig harapósakig
essive-formal harapósként harapósakként
essive-modal
inessive harapósban harapósakban
superessive harapóson harapósakon
adessive harapósnál harapósaknál
illative harapósba harapósakba
sublative harapósra harapósakra
allative harapóshoz harapósakhoz
elative harapósból harapósakból
delative harapósról harapósakról
ablative harapóstól harapósaktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
harapósé harapósaké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
harapóséi harapósakéi

References

  1. ^ harapós 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

  • harapós 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