lagymatag

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Hungarian

Etymology

From the otherwise unattested *lagymad (“to become warmer, softer”) + -atag (adjective-forming suffix) also found in avatag, hervatag, korhatag. Ultimately, from lágy (“soft”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Adjective

lagymatag (comparative lagymatagabb, superlative leglagymatagabb)

  1. (figuratively, of a person) tepid, uninterested, languid (exhibiting little passion or eagerness)
    Synonyms: lanyha, közömbös, közönyös, erélytelen
  2. (obsolete, dialectal, of a liquid) lukewarm
    Synonym: langyos

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative lagymatag lagymatagok
accusative lagymatagot lagymatagokat
dative lagymatagnak lagymatagoknak
instrumental lagymataggal lagymatagokkal
causal-final lagymatagért lagymatagokért
translative lagymataggá lagymatagokká
terminative lagymatagig lagymatagokig
essive-formal lagymatagként lagymatagokként
essive-modal lagymatagul —
inessive lagymatagban lagymatagokban
superessive lagymatagon lagymatagokon
adessive lagymatagnál lagymatagoknál
illative lagymatagba lagymatagokba
sublative lagymatagra lagymatagokra
allative lagymataghoz lagymatagokhoz
elative lagymatagból lagymatagokból
delative lagymatagról lagymatagokról
ablative lagymatagtól lagymatagoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		lagymatagé lagymatagoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		lagymatagéi lagymatagokéi

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ lagymatag in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN
  2. ^ lagymatag 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.)

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