károg

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Hungarian

Etymology

An onomatopoeia + -og (frequentative verb-forming suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

károg

  1. (intransitive) to caw (to make the harsh cry of a crow, rook, or raven)
  2. (transitive, figuratively, literary, of a person) to croak, grumble (to speak menacingly with sinister threats about unpleasant consequences or problems to be expected)

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ károg 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

  • károg 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