hervad

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Hungarian

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Finno-Ugric or Proto-Uralic + -ad (frequentative suffix). Compare Proto-Uralic *korpe- (to burn, be burnt, be scorched).

Pronunciation

Verb

hervad

  1. (intransitive, of plant, face, beauty) to fade, wither, droop, languish
    Synonym: fonnyad

Conjugation

Derived terms

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References

  1. ^ Entry #362 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. ^ hervad 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

  • hervad 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