lúg

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Hungarian

Etymology

First attested in the 15th century. Borrowed from a South Slavic or a West Slavic language. Compare Serbo-Croatian lug, Slovene lug.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

lúg (plural lúgok)

  1. lye
  2. (chemistry) base, alkali
    Synonym: bázis
    Antonym: sav

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative lúg lúgok
accusative lúgot lúgokat
dative lúgnak lúgoknak
instrumental lúggal lúgokkal
causal-final lúgért lúgokért
translative lúggá lúgokká
terminative lúgig lúgokig
essive-formal lúgként lúgokként
essive-modal
inessive lúgban lúgokban
superessive lúgon lúgokon
adessive lúgnál lúgoknál
illative lúgba lúgokba
sublative lúgra lúgokra
allative lúghoz lúgokhoz
elative lúgból lúgokból
delative lúgról lúgokról
ablative lúgtól lúgoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
lúgé lúgoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
lúgéi lúgokéi
Possessive forms of lúg
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. lúgom lúgjaim
2nd person sing. lúgod lúgjaid
3rd person sing. lúgja lúgjai
1st person plural lúgunk lúgjaink
2nd person plural lúgotok lúgjaitok
3rd person plural lúgjuk lúgjaik

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ lúg 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

  • lúg 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